Slash
- Publisher
- Theytus Books
- Initial publish date
- May 1995
- Category
- Canada, General, Aboriginal & Indigenous
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781894778459
- Publish Date
- May 1995
- List Price
- $23.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 12 to 18
- Grade: 8 to 12
- Reading age: 12 to 18
Description
Slash is Jeannette Armstrong's first novel. It poignantly traces the struggles, pain and alienation of a young Okanagan man who searches for truth and meaning in his life. Recognized as an important work of literature, Slash is used in high schools, colleges and universities.
About the author
Jeannette Armstrong is an award-winning novelist, activist and poet born on the Okanagan Reserve. Known for her literary work, Armstrong has always sought to change deeply biased misconceptions about Indigenous people. Her novel Slash is considered by many people to be the first novel by a First Nations woman. In 2013 she was appointed a Canada Research Chair in Okanagan Indigenous Knowledge and Philosophy to research, document, categorize and analyze Okanagan syilx oral literature in Nsyilxcn.
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Okanagan Women’s Voices
Syilx and settler writing and relations, 1870s to 1960s
Neekna and Chemai
Dancing with the Cranes
River of Salmon Peoples
Breath Tracks
Native Poetry in Canada
A Contemporary Anthology
Whispering in Shadows
Gatherings, Volume VII - Standing Ground
Strength and Solidarity Amidst Dissolving Boundaries
The Native Creative Process
A Collaborative Discourse
