Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation Sniderman Andrew Stobo
Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation Sniderman Andrew Stobo A heart-rending true story about racism and reconciliationDivided by a beautiful valley…
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Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation Sniderman Andrew Stobo
A heart-rending true story about racism and reconciliationDivided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the town of Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo Indian reserve have been neighbours nearly as long as Canada has been a country. It also offers, in the end, an uncommon measure of hope.Valley of the Birdtail is about how two communities became separate and unequal--and what it means for the rest of us. Their story reflects much of what has gone wrong in relations between Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians.
In Waywayseecappo, the average family lives below the national poverty line and less than a third of adults have graduated from high In Rossburn, once settled by Ukrainian immigrants who fled poverty and persecution, family income is near the national average and more than a third of adults have graduated from university.