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Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours)

Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours) Paperback - 2016

by Johnson, Harold

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" A passionate call to action, Firewater 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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  • Title Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours)
  • Author Johnson, Harold
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Third
  • Condition New
  • Pages 180
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Regina Press, 2016
  • Date 2016
  • Features Glossary
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 21538
  • ISBN 9780889774377 / 0889774374
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.4 x 5 x 0.4 in (18.80 x 12.70 x 1.02 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.292

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  • Publishers Weekly, 02/13/2017, Page 0

About the author

A graduate of Harvard Law School and the author of six books, Harold R. Johnson is a member of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation and lives in La Ronge, Saskatchewan.