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The stepping stone from one cultural space to another raises different questions for Elijah and Xavier as they attempt to form new identities. Xavier has a challenging time hybridizing an identity of Cree and European, while Elijah fully embraces his new-found identity. Xavier holds on to his Cree identity and completes the circle as he returns once again to his own land, while also interrupting the non-linear structure of the story. Three Day Road embodies the importance of cyclical continuity

book inspired by Cree mythology and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It is a story about Morgan and Eli, two indigenous foster children who like to escape real life through reading and drawing. They accidentally open a portal to Ask and meet Ochek, an anthropomorphized fisherman. They decide to help Ochek save Ask from its never-ending winter. In The Barren Grounds, you can easily see the representation of courage, much like in the story of The Bear and the Badgers from Cree mythology, and The

Hi my name is Zach and me and my friends Jenna and Cree were Flying on a plane to Costa Rica and About when we were halfway there we heard rattling on the plane and then I sounded like the engines just failed and we went down.I egularly Looked for my Friends Jenna and Cree.I looked all over in the plane and there was no sight of them.So then I walked about a mile in the sandy sand and Then I spotted a hand in the ground and It was still moving so I went over and Jenna and Tried to pull her

hunting technology. The strategies of following the cultural and ancestral hunting traditions may evolve over time through “a process of natural selection” (31). For example the older Cree hunter in the winter will travel by snowshoe and rely on his ability to find and handle any kind of animal. The younger generations of Cree hunters now utilize snowmobiles to track down high-priority animals and will specialize in hunting just one or two animals (Ingold 30). The style of hunting and the technology available

In Kiss of the Fur Queen, the story begins with forty-three year old Cree hunter Abraham Okimasis winning the "1951 Millington Cup World Championship Dog Derby." (6) The victory is seen to have a significant effect on the Cree hunter's Native identity, as he becomes the first-ever Indian to succeed in the Derby. As time goes by, Abraham becomes the father of two sons, Jeremiah and Gabriel. When the Cree brothers leave their small northern Manitoba village and enter the hostile environment of a residential

in turn greatly affects his character and his reactions to the war. As a result of these schools, he is more susceptible to European ideologies than his friend, Xavier, who utterly hated and rejected their ways because he was more in tune with his Cree roots. The depiction of Aboriginal assimilation into European cultures is evident through Boyden’s incorporation of residential schools within the novel, and gives explanation to Elijah’s character and eventual climatic demise. The trauma

Although the Canadian government has done a great deal to repair the injustices inflicted on the First Nations people of Canada, legislation is no where near where it needs to be to ensure future protection of aboriginal rights in the nation. An examination of the documents that comprise the Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms reveal that there is very little in the supreme legal documents of the nation that protect aboriginal rights. When compared with the United Nations

of a Cree boy named Xavier. His journey is seen through the horrors of war while he is accompanied by his best friend, Elijah. Xavier is released from war as an amputee and addicted to morphine, struggling to survive the three day paddle home. The chapters are intertwined with the narration of xavier’s aunt

In the novel “Three Day Road”, two Cree Aboriginals, Elijah Weesageechak and Xavier Bird goes off to fight in World War I and becoming the most famous sniper team in the field. The author, Joseph Boyden writes about the dynamic changes in the states of Elijah Weesageechak and the corruption of war leading to his final moments. There are many types of pain that are induced in nature. However, there are only two categories that those pain fall into: Physical pain and emotional pain. With Elijah, war

“Colonialism is complex, for sure, but it is also simple in that it falsely promotes the superiority of Europeans over Indigenous people.” – Wenona Victor, an oppressed Aboriginal who created a “decolonizing dialogue.” Many Canadians’ do not feel comfortable bringing up the tragic events of the past committed against the Aboriginal people’s, consequently, somebody needed to bring these topics to light. Thompson Highway’s, Kiss of the Fur Queen, examines the effects of colonial violence prevalent