Unbroken my fight for survival, hope, and justice for Indigenous women and girls
As a Gitxsan teenager navigating life on the streets, Angela Sterritt wrote in her journal to help her survive and find her place in the world. Now an acclaimed journalist, she writes for major news outlets to push for justice and to light a path for Indigenous women, girls, and survivors. In her br...
| Main Author: | Sterritt, Angela (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Vancouver ; Berkeley ; London :
Greystone Books,
[2023]
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| Summary: |
As a Gitxsan teenager navigating life on the streets, Angela Sterritt wrote in her journal to help her survive and find her place in the world. Now an acclaimed journalist, she writes for major news outlets to push for justice and to light a path for Indigenous women, girls, and survivors. In her brilliant debut, Sterritt shares her memoir alongside investigative reporting into cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, showing how colonialism and racism led to a society where Sterritt struggled to survive as a young person, and where the lives of Indigenous women and girls are ignored and devalued. 'She could have been me,' Sterritt acknowledges today, and her empathy for victims, survivors, and families drives her present-day investigations into the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women. In the end, Sterritt steps into a place of power, demanding accountability from the media and the public, exposing racism, and showing that there is much work to do on the path towards understanding the truth. But most importantly, she proves that the strength and brilliance of Indigenous women is unbroken, and that together, they can build lives of joy and abundance." -Inside front cover. |
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| Physical Description: |
xv, 279 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781771648165 1771648163 |
| Author Notes: |
Angela Sterritt is an award-winning investigative journalist and national bestselling author from the Wilp Wiik'aax of the Gitanmaax community within the Gitxsan Nation on her father's side and from Bell Island, Newfoundland, on her mother's side. Sterritt worked as a television, radio, and digital journalist at CBC for more than a decade. She hosted the award-winning CBC original podcast Land Back , investigating land theft and land reclamation in Canada. She lives on the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh). |