Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours)
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A passionate call to action, Firewater examines alcohol─its history, the myths surrounding it, and its devasting 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 alcoholism 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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0889774374
ISBN13:9780889774377
Release Date:September 2016
Publisher:University of Regina Press
Length:180 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.0" x 7.4"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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