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Grand Forks Public Library North Dakota - A Girl Called Echo Omnibus by Katherena Vermette 01 January 2024 ( news )
Grand Forks Public Library , state North Dakota ( By Press Release office)
Jan 01,2024
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Métis teenager Echo Desjardins is struggling to adjust to a new school and a new home . When an ordinary history class turns extraordinary , Echo is pulled into a time - travelling adventure . Follow Echo as she experiences pivotal events from Métis history and imagines what the future might hold . This omnibus edition includes all four volumes in the A Girl Called Echo series:
In
Pemmican Wars
, Echo finds herself transported to the prairies of 1814 . She witnesses a bison hunt , visits a Métis camp , and travels the fur - trade routes . Experience the perilous era of the Pemmican Wars and the events that lead to the Battle of Seven Oaks .
In
Red River Resistance
, we join Echo on the banks of the Red River in the summer of 1869 . Canadian surveyors have arrived and Métis families , who have lived there for generations , are losing their land . As the Resistance takes hold , Echo fears for the future of her people in Red River .
In
Northwest Resistance
, Echo travels to 1885 . The bison are gone and settlers from the East are arriving in droves . The Métis face starvation and uncertainty as both their survival and traditional way of life are threatened . The Canadian government has ignored their petitions , but hope rises with the return of Louis Riel .
In
Road Allowance Era
, Echo returns to 1885 . Louis Riel is standing trial , and the government has not fulfilled its promise of land for the Métis . Burnt out of their home in Ste . Madeleine , Echo’s people make their way to Rooster Town , a shanty community on the southwest edges of Winnipeg . In this final installment , Echo is reminded of the strength and perseverance of the Métis .
This special omnibus edition of Katherena Vermette’s best - selling series features an all - new foreword by Chantal Fiola (
Returning to Ceremony: Spirituality in Manitoba Métis Communities
) , a historical timeline , and an essay about Métis being and belonging by Brenda Macdougall (
Contours of a People: Métis Family , Mobility , and History
) .
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