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Jim McMurtry's avatar

An incredibly penned and insightful and memorable article! My favourite quote - "Let the dead not the living now cast the first stone" (Nathan Alterman)

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Brenda Broley Cook's avatar

Thank you for this splendid article.

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Wanda Halpert's avatar

The aboriginals originally came from Russia.

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Brenda Broley Cook's avatar

Exactly. They immigrated like everyone else.

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Joan's avatar

Gee Peter Best, now why don't you tell us how you REALLY feel?

Just kidding. Wow, way to lay it on 'em.

I've only read two of the four books reviewed here (King and Wagamese), but I don't think I'll pick up the ones by Saul and Rae. I'll take Peter's word for it; his book reviews are pretty bang-on. I hope he'll review Valley of the Birdtail (Sniderman and Sanderson), especially the authors' proposed "solutions" to the economic dependency of First Nations in Canada.

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