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Black Water
- Family, Legacy, and Blood Memory
- Narrated by: David A. Robertson
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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In this best-selling memoir, a son who grew up away from his Indigenous culture takes his Cree father on a trip to the family trapline and finds that revisiting the past not only heals old wounds but creates a new future
The son of a Cree father and a white mother, David A. Robertson grew up with virtually no awareness of his Indigenous roots. His father, Dulas - or Don, as he became known - lived on the trapline in the bush in Manitoba, only to be transplanted permanently to a house on the reserve, where he couldn’t speak his language, Swampy Cree, in school with his friends unless in secret. David’s mother, Beverly, grew up in a small Manitoba town that had no Indigenous people until Don arrived as the new United Church minister. They married and had three sons, whom they raised unconnected to their Indigenous history.
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- Mel VP
- 2023-01-01
Incredible memoir
This story was just lovely to listen to. Grateful to the author for narrating it so beautifully. Have it in print but wanted to hear it read by him as well.
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- RCast
- 2022-02-26
Searching for family and identity
Really enjoyed the themes in this book. Thank you for sharing your family's story and your search for identity. I found the book incredibly touching and recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about indigenous stories and the search for home.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-08-09
Epic, David!
This is an important story to be told on so many levels. I love that your children & children's children will have words to explain their blood memory. I love the facts that you've researched, about Canadian Indigenous history and intertwined them in such a personal story. Congratulations David.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-01-06
great story
love love love the story but the readers voice sounds like there getting over a cold.
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