Dancing With a Ghost: Exploring Indian Reality

Ross, Rupert

ISBN 10: 0409906484 / ISBN 13: 9780409906486

Published by Reed Books Canada, 1992

About this Item

195 pp index. Very light corner wear. Previous owner's name half-title page. Spine straight, lightly creased. ns.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1786124316548

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dancing With a Ghost: Exploring Indian Reality
• Publisher: Reed Books Canada
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0409906484
• ISBN 13: 9780409906486
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Law
  • Native Studies
  • Canadiana

About this title

Synopsis

A crucial sourcebook for anyone involved with native issues, Dancing with a Ghost seeks to bridge the gap which exists between Native American and other groups by examining the traditional Cree and Ojibway world view and by showing why their philosophy so often places them in conflict with the justice system.

About the Author

RUPERT ROSS is a retired assistant Crown Attorney for the District of Kenora, Ontario. Starting in 1985, he conducted criminal prosecutions for more than twenty remote Ojibway and Cree First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario. His first book, Dancing with a Ghost, started his exploration of aboriginal visions of existence and became a bestseller. His second book, Returning to the Teachings, was also a bestseller and examined the aboriginal preference for the “peacemaker justice” he observed during a three-year secondment with Justice Canada. Both books were shortlisted for the Gordon Montour Award for the best Canadian non-fiction book on social issues, and are presently used in universities and colleges across North America. Following his retirement, Ross was awarded the prestigious 2011 National Prosecution Award for Humanitarianism, and the Ontario Crown Attorneys Association has created an award named after him. He continues to live just north of Kenora with his wife, Val.