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I've Been Shot At, What's Your Excuse?: Lessons From My Life
A collection of 25 essays, short stories, and reminisces from Ojibwe storyteller and librarian Sherry Lawson from Mnjikaning First Nation. Part memoir and part oral tradition, the collection is her first volume of stories that explore her life, her family and friends and community members' interactions and local history. The rich collection contains stories with a dose of welcome humour mixed with serious topics that discuss reserve politics, veterans, education, and the role of grandparents and Elders
100 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2007
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October 1, 2022
This was a quick read and full of stories about the authors family and upbringing. It shed some light on reserve politics and the life that many Indigenous individuals experience growing up in Ontario.
Photos were also helpful in understanding the life Sherry Lawson. It had a friendly and casual feeling and was as if the author was sitting in my house and talking about her life.
Photos were also helpful in understanding the life Sherry Lawson. It had a friendly and casual feeling and was as if the author was sitting in my house and talking about her life.
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