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In this groundbreaking collection, Ruth DyckFehderau and
twenty-seven storytellers offer a rich and timely accounting of
contemporary life in Eeyou Istchee, the territory of the James Bay
Cree of Northern Quebec. The stories are connected by diabetes, but
they are not records of illness as much as they are deeply personal
accounts of life in the North: the fine, swayingbalances of living
both in town and on the land, of family and work and studies, of
healing from relocations and residential school histories while
building communities of safety and challenge and joy, of hunting
and hockey, and much more.Sweet Bloods is essential reading for
anyone who knows anyone with diabetes, and for anyone interested in
a contemporary rendering of one of Canada's vibrant, thriving, and
highly adaptive Indigenous communities.
Although Ruth DyckFehderau is the writer, this is a community
project, owned and controlled by the James Bay Cree health dept
(because stories are medicine) The James Bay Cree hired outside
writers because "our own writers have enough to carry." Each story
was difficult to retell to the writer. Most residential school
stories are still passed on in traditional ways - there are many
healing projects going on, this is just one project to deliver the
stories to a wider audience people whose stories are in the book
are people who want their stories in a book (not a traditional Cree
art form), want their stories shared outside eeyou istchee, want to
tell their stories anonymously because they hold a position of
prominence in the community and feel they can't speak freely
otherwise, they want to control how children and grandchildren
discover their stories, sometimes protecting perpetrators (whom
they might love) just for other privacy reasons methodology:
hearing the story, sometimes multiple times, going away to write it
up, then returning for approval, as many times as that took.
Resources were offered for healing throughout the process, themes
heard throughout: healing does not mean justice has been done;
sometimes this is the first time these stories have been told;
storytellers worried about telling the stories of others; the
intent of these stories is to help others although the book
contains difficult content the stories are often uplifting - no
need to be afraid of what is on the page. Each story, each person,
each healing process, is different. first book will be followed by
2 or 3 more in the coming years.
When Jack is 18, he's diagnosed with diabetes but isn't told he can
do anything about it, so he doesn't. He falls into comas, he loses
vision and needs eye surgery, his leg is amputated and then
amputated again further up, and then his kidneys give right out.
Finally, someone at an organ transplant clinic teaches him about
diet, substance abuse, and diabetes. A story about bullshit and
helping yourself. In Northern East Cree, French, Southern East
Cree, and English.
When Rose was in high school, she saw a girl in the bathroom
injecting a needle into her leg. A heroin addict, she thought,
right here in my school!. But then she learned about a new disease,
creeping into her community. A retrospective on diabetes in Eeyou
Istchee. In Northern East Cree, French, Southern East Cree, and
English.
Emily's mom, the most important person in her life, has diabetes
and she's getting sicker by the day. She needs a kidney transplant.
Emily wants to donate her kidney but the doctor refuses to take it
because Emily has diabetes too. A story about birth, loss, and
especially love. In Northern East Cree, French, Southern East Cree,
and English.
Fifteen-year-old Jonathan Linton is an elite hockey player, headed
for the big leagues, when he gets a diabetes diagnosis. If people
find out about it, everything changes. He has to keep it secret. A
story about sports, hunting, and difference. In Northern East Cree,
French, Southern East Cree, and English.
Jennifer's life is falling apart and she escapes into booze,
cocaine, and junk food. When they're not numbing enough, she slits
a vein and tries to die but that doesn't work either. She has to
try something else. A remarkable story about addiction recovery. In
Ojibwe and English.
Jennifer's life is falling apart and she escapes into booze,
cocaine, and junk food. When they're not numbing enough, she slits
a vein and tries to die but that doesn't work either. She has to
try something else. A remarkable story about addiction recovery. In
Northern East Cree, French, Southern East Cree, and English.
Emily's mom, the most important person in her life, has diabetes
and she's getting sicker by the day. She needs a kidney transplant.
Emily wants to donate her kidney but the doctor refuses to take it
because Emily has diabetes too. A story about birth, loss, and
especially love. In Ojibwe and English.
When Jack is 18, he's diagnosed with diabetes but isn't told he can
do anything about it, so he doesn't. He falls into comas, he loses
vision and needs eye surgery, his leg is amputated and then
amputated again further up, and then his kidneys give right out.
Finally, someone at an organ transplant clinic teaches him about
diet, substance abuse, and diabetes. A story about bullshit and
helping yourself. In Ojibwe and English.
Fifteen-year-old Jonathan Linton is an elite hockey player, headed
for the big leagues, when he gets a diabetes diagnosis. If people
find out about it, everything changes. He has to keep it secret. A
story about sports, hunting, and difference. In English and Ojibwe.
When Rose was in high school, she saw a girl in the bathroom
injecting a needle into her leg. A heroin addict, she thought,
right here in my school!. But then she learned about a new disease,
creeping into her community. A retrospective on diabetes in Eeyou
Istchee. In Ojibwe and English.
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