7 Generations : A Plains Cree Saga (Paperback)

from villemezbrown

Though a little rough around the edges in story and art, this book offers a good overview of some of the hardships the Cree people have seen in the last two centuries and a glimpse of how that trauma is still echoing today.

from juniperSun

I hear my Native friends talk about working on healing from generational trauma. This book illustrates it. A strong, dark, history of a Cree family which is common for many First Nations and Native American peoples. It opens with a suicide attempt. Edwin's mother tells him the family history in a...

from LibraryCin

4.5 stars In this graphic novel, Edwin learns from his mother the history, going back seven generations, of their family and his people, the First Nations Cree. We learn about fighting between the Cree and Blackfoot, then when smallpox hit, then the residential schools in the 1960s, where Edwin's...

from LibraryCin

4.5 stars In this graphic novel, Edwin learns from his mother the history, going back seven generations, of their family and his people, the First Nations Cree. We learn about fighting between the Cree and Blackfoot, then when smallpox hit, then the residential schools in the 1960s, where Edwin's...