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  • Sam Laskaris, Windspeaker Contributor, SHANNONVILLE, Ont.

Page 26

It doesn't quite match the excitement of winning the Stanley Cup, a feat Norm Maracle and his Detroit Red Wings' teammates accomplished in 1998, yet Maracle is still rather pleased with his latest accomplishment. The 26-year-old Native goaltender backstopped the Orlando Solar Bears to the Turner Cup, the International Hockey League's championship.

Orlando defeated the…

  • Sam Laskaris, Windspeaker Contributor, SHANNONVILLE, Ont.

Page 26

It doesn't quite match the excitement of winning the Stanley Cup, a feat Norm Maracle and his Detroit Red Wings' teammates accomplished in 1998, yet Maracle is still rather pleased with his latest accomplishment. The 26-year-old Native goaltender backstopped the Orlando Solar Bears to the Turner Cup, the International Hockey League's championship.

Orlando defeated the…

  • Suzanne Methot, Windspeaker Contributor

Page 25

The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

By Louise Erdrich

HarperCollins

361 pages (hc)

$39.50

The author photo on Chippewa writer Louise Erdrich's last two books shows her as haggard, drawn, shadowed. No wonder. In the mid-1990s, she was embroiled in a messy divorce from her longtime collaborator and husband, the writer and academic…

  • Suzanne Methot, Windspeaker Contributor

Page 25

The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

By Louise Erdrich

HarperCollins

361 pages (hc)

$39.50

The author photo on Chippewa writer Louise Erdrich's last two books shows her as haggard, drawn, shadowed. No wonder. In the mid-1990s, she was embroiled in a messy divorce from her longtime collaborator and husband, the writer and academic…

  • Suzanne Methot, Windspeaker Contributor, Toronto

Page 24

Tom Flanagan, a professor of political science at the University of Calgary, was presented with the $25,000 Donner Prize for his book, First Nations? Second Thoughts, at an awards ceremony in Toronto.

The Donner Prize is awarded by the Donner Canadian Foundation, which was created in 1950 by businessman William H. Donner. The annual prize rewards books written about…

  • Suzanne Methot, Windspeaker Contributor, Toronto

Page 24

Tom Flanagan, a professor of political science at the University of Calgary, was presented with the $25,000 Donner Prize for his book, First Nations? Second Thoughts, at an awards ceremony in Toronto.

The Donner Prize is awarded by the Donner Canadian Foundation, which was created in 1950 by businessman William H. Donner. The annual prize rewards books written about…

  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Calgary

Page 23

Fatal Passage

The Untold Story of John Rae, the Arctic Adventurer Who Discovered the Fate of Franklin

By Ken McGoogan

Harper Flamingo Canada

312 pages

$34 (hc)

In Fatal Passage, author Ken McGoogan takes on Canada's image of itself as he seeks to correct historical inaccuracies and expose the attitudes that created them.

The story…

  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Calgary

Page 23

Fatal Passage

The Untold Story of John Rae, the Arctic Adventurer Who Discovered the Fate of Franklin

By Ken McGoogan

Harper Flamingo Canada

312 pages

$34 (hc)

In Fatal Passage, author Ken McGoogan takes on Canada's image of itself as he seeks to correct historical inaccuracies and expose the attitudes that created them.

The story…

  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

Page 21

The Last Amigo

By Stevie Cameron and Harvey Cashore

Macfarlane Walter and Ross

336 pages

$36.99 (hc)

At a time when First Nations are being told that Canadian authorities can provide all the answers related to openness, transparency and accountability in government, a new investigative book detailing how Canadian authorities manage only to…

  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

Page 21

The Last Amigo

By Stevie Cameron and Harvey Cashore

Macfarlane Walter and Ross

336 pages

$36.99 (hc)

At a time when First Nations are being told that Canadian authorities can provide all the answers related to openness, transparency and accountability in government, a new investigative book detailing how Canadian authorities manage only to…

  • Joan Taillon, Windspeaker Staff Writer

Page 20

Bones

Discovering the First Americans

By Elaine Dewar

Random House Canada

628 pages (hc)

$39.95

Maybe there is no consensus on the origins of Native Americans or about the length of time they predate other civilizations in the Americas, but there is evidence. An exciting new book on the topic shows, however, that much of the evidence has…

  • Joan Taillon, Windspeaker Staff Writer

Page 20

Bones

Discovering the First Americans

By Elaine Dewar

Random House Canada

628 pages (hc)

$39.95

Maybe there is no consensus on the origins of Native Americans or about the length of time they predate other civilizations in the Americas, but there is evidence. An exciting new book on the topic shows, however, that much of the evidence has…

  • Cheryl Petten, Windspeaker Staff Writer, PUVIRNITUQ Quebec

Page 19

Throat singers from across Nunavut and Northern Quebec will come together this fall for a four-day gathering to help promote and preserve their art.

Kattajjatiit Katimanirjuangat, or Inuit Throatsingers Gathering, will be held in Puvirnituq, in the Nunavik region of Quebec, from Sept. 10 to 14.

More than 60 throat singers are expected to take part in the event, the…

  • Cheryl Petten, Windspeaker Staff Writer, PUVIRNITUQ Quebec

Page 19

Throat singers from across Nunavut and Northern Quebec will come together this fall for a four-day gathering to help promote and preserve their art.

Kattajjatiit Katimanirjuangat, or Inuit Throatsingers Gathering, will be held in Puvirnituq, in the Nunavik region of Quebec, from Sept. 10 to 14.

More than 60 throat singers are expected to take part in the event, the…

  • Roberta Avery, Windspeaker Contributor, SAUBLE BEACH, Ont.

Page 17

Fed up with the rowdy behavior at a summer campground, members of the Saugeen Ojibway Indian band decided to set up barricades to close the camp down before May long weekend festivities took a suspected nasty turn.

About 50 members of the Saugeen First Nation erected the barricades in defiance of a federal court order prohibiting the band from closing down Hideaway…