Description: A passionate call to action, this book examines alcohol -- its history, the myths surrounding it, and its devastating impact on Indigenous people. Drawing on his years of experience as a Crown Prosecutor in Treaty 6 territory, Harold Johnson challenges readers to change the story we tell ourselves about the drink that goes by many names -- booze, hooch, spirits, sauce, and the evocative "firewater". Confronting the harmful stereotype of the "lazy, drunken Indian", and rejecting medical, social, and psychological explanations of the roots of alcoholism, Johnson cries out for solutions, not diagnoses, and shows how alcohol continues to kill so many. Provocative, irreverent, and keenly aware of the power of stories, Firewater calls for people to make decisions about their communities and their lives on their own terms.
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EAN: 9780889774377
UPC: 9780889774377
ISBN: 9780889774377
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Book Title: Firewater : How Alcohol Is Killing My People (And Yours)
Number of Pages: 180 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Regina
Item Height: 0.5 in
Topic: Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Disease & Health Issues, Psychopathology / Addiction, Healing / Prayer & Spiritual, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year: 2016
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science, Psychology
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Author: Harold R. Johnson
Item Length: 7.5 in
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
