- Source: Stories of the Road Allowance People
Stories of the Road Allowance People is a 1995 book by Maria Campbell.
The book captures the stories of Métis elders, and is a translation from Michif.
Publication and synopsis
Stories of the Road Allowance People was written by Métis author Maria Campbell, who grew up in a road allowance community in Saskatchewan.
It was first published in 1995 by Theytus Books. A revised edition was published by the Gabriel Durmont Institute in 2010. The first edition was illustrated by Sherry Farrell Racette.
The author translated stories told to her in Mitchif into Metis village oral English The book consists of eight stories, written in the Mitchif common vernacular, or "village English", used by the male story tellers, rather than in standard English. The stories vary thematically including stories of tragedy and humour.
Story titles include "Good Dog Bob", a story of marital infidelity.
Critical reception
Writer Penny van Toorn described the book as "One of the most powerful and brilliantly presented books published in the 1990s."
References
External links
Publishers webpage
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Stories of the Road Allowance People
- Road allowance community
- Indigenous English in Canada
- List of Métis people
- Maria Campbell
- Languages of Canada
- Sherry Farrell Racette
- Car Allowance Rebate System
- Sámi peoples
- Death and funeral of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
