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Jean Armstrong


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Penticton Indian Reserve (British Columbia), Canada

Jeannette Christine Armstrong (born 1948 in Okanagan) is a Canadian author, educator, artist, and activist. She was born and grew up on the Penticton Indian reserve in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, and fluently speaks both the Syilx and English language. Armstrong has lived on the Penticton Native Reserve for most of her life and has raised her two children there. In 2013, she was appointed Canada Research Chair in Okanagan Indigenous Knowledge and Philosophy.
Slash (1985) is her first and most famous novel , which explores the history of the North American Indian protest movement through the critical perspective of central character Tommy Kelasket, who is eventually renamed Slash.
Since Slash was published, Armstrong has written in a ...more

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To Kill A Mockingbird
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Animal Farm
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