Shin-chi's Canoe Short Stories may well be “the most

may well be “the most powerful storytelling voice in North America

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and using it to negotiate the meaning and substance of Aboriginal rights remains unresolved and resonant

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Shin-chi's Canoe Short Stories may well be “the mostShin chi's Canoe is Nicola Campbell's sequel to Shi shi etko, the story about a young girl's first year at residential school. In this second picture book, Shi shi etko returns for another school year and brings along her six year old brother. Shin chi loves to fish and accompany his father in the canoe. But a new experience awaits and his sister helps him prepare for what will happen at school. Their mother explains to the children that she does not