{"product_id":"the-good-walk-creating-new-paths-on-traditional-prairie-trails-paperback","title":"The Good Walk: Creating New Paths on Traditional Prairie Trails - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew R. Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA motley group's long trek across the prairies, witnessing the land, reflecting on the past, and creating new paths for the future\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Equal parts memoir, travelogue, and manifesto, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Walk\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the adventures of settler and Indigenous ramblers who together retrace the earliest historical trails and pathways of the prairies. Readers will share the experience of trekking thousands of kilometres on swollen feet along the Traders' Road, the Battleford Trail, and the Frenchman Trail - prairie paths that haven't been trod for over a century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The story is steeped in Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 history and is edged with Canadian, nêhiyaw, and Métis stories, politics, and poetry. It braids Indigenous and settler perspectives together along routes increasingly emptied of the family farms and small towns that once defined a province and doesn't shy away from the 1870s and 1880s clearing of the plains nor the 2016 killing of Colton Boushie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Travel with the group of dreamers who instigated these annual prairie pilgrimages through prairie storms, small-town welcomes, and humorous chance encounters, all while bearing witness to the evolving politics of land ownership and the racialization of access.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Anderson \u003c\/b\u003ewas born to settlers on Treaty 4 territory near the Cypress Hills area. He now teaches part-time at both St. Francis Xavier and Concordia universities. Anderson is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eOur Home and Treaty Land \u003c\/i\u003e(with Raymond Aldred). His pilgrimage podcast is \"Pilgrimage Stories from Up and Down the Staircase,\" and more of his work can be found at SomethingGrand.ca and UnsettledWords.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 7.95 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460323000498,"sku":"9780889779655","price":48.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/TmDow5dJ1I9780889779655.webp?v=1782956209","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-good-walk-creating-new-paths-on-traditional-prairie-trails-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}