Halfbreed

For Maria Campbell, a Métis ("Halfbreed") in Canada, the brutal realities of poverty, pain, and degradation intruded early and followed her every step. Her story is a harsh one, but it is told without bitterness or self-pity. It is a story that begins in 1940 in northern Saskatchewan and moves across Canada's West, where Maria roamed in the rootless existence of day-to-day jobs, drug addiction, and alcoholism. Her path strayed ever near hospital doors and prison walls.

It was Cheechum, her Cree great-grandmother, whose indomitable spirit sustained Maria Campbell through her most desperate times. Cheechum's stubborn dignity eventually led the author to take pride in her Métis heritage, and Cheechum's image inspired her in her drive for her own life, dignity; and purpose.

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• Winter in the Blood (Penguin Classics)
• Songs from This Earth on Turtle's Back: Contemporary American Indian Poetry
• House Made of Dawn [50th Anniversary Ed]: A Novel (P.S.)
• Faces in the Moon: A Novel (Volume 9) (American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series)
• Out There Somewhere (Sun Tracks)
• Crazy Brave: A Memoir
• Stories for a Lost Child (American Indian Studies)
• When Half Is Whole: Multiethnic Asian American Identities