Powerless in a broken system, sisters April and Cheryl are separated and placed in different foster homes. Despite the distance, they remain close, even as their decisions threaten to divide them emotionally, culturally, and geographically. As one...
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Powerless in a broken system, sisters April and Cheryl are separated and placed in different foster homes. Despite the distance, they remain close, even as their decisions threaten to divide them emotionally, culturally, and geographically. As one sister embraces her Métis identity, the other tries to leave it behind. Cover -- Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- In Search of April Raintree -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Critical Essays -- Deploying Identity in the Face of Racism -- The Problem of "Searching" For April Raintree -- Abuse and Violence: April Raintree's Human Rights (if she had any) -- The Special Time -- "What Constitutes a Meaningful Life?": Identity Quest(ion)s in In Search ofApril Raintree -- In Search of Cheryl Raintree, and Her Mother -- "Nothing but the Truth": Discursive Transparency in Beatrice Culleton -- The Effect of Readers' Responses on the Development of Aboriginal Literature in Canada: A Study of Maria Campbell's Halfbreed, Beatrice Culleton's In Search of April Raintree, and Richard Wagamese's Keeper'n Me -- "The Only Dirty Book": The Rape of April Raintree -- The Limits of Sisterhood -- Contributors -- Blank Page.
