Those Who Know; Profiles of Alberta's Native Elders
Published by NeWest Press, Edmonton
- First Edition
- Softcover
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Seller: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, CanadaSpafford Books (ABAC / ILAB)
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[0-920897-03-7] 1992, 1st edition, 2nd printing. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 256pp. 8vo. Ex-libris from the Library of Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, stamp to edges, call number to spine, stamp neatly to title page; however it does not have many of the usual suspects (ie: pocket, barcode). Illus., mapped frontispiece, B&W photos.
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- Title
- Those Who Know; Profiles of Alberta's Native Elders
- Author
- Meili, Dianne
- Publisher
- NeWest Press, Edmonton
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN 10
- 0920897037
- ISBN 13
- 9780920897034
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
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The reader will experience first-hand the personality, characteristics, and sometimes remote environment of these healers, visionaries, storytellers, and spiritualists through Dianne Meili’s faithful re-telling of the interviews she conducted with each during the two years she spent travelling throughout Alberta.
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About the Author
Diane Meili, the great<->granddaughter of well<->known Cree Elder, Victoria Callihoo, was born in Calgary in 1957. After studying journalism at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, she worked as a newspaper reporter, public relations officer and was the editor of Windspeaker<>Alberta<>s bi<->weekly Native newspaper<>for two years. It was during her time at Windspeaker that she became aware of the need for a book to chronicle the thoughts and experiences of Alberta<>s Native elders. She spent the following eighteen months travelling throughout Alberta interviewing elders from ten different tribes. Dianne currently lives in Peace River.
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