Keeper'n Me English-Inuktitut eating the pitiful offerings of

eating the pitiful offerings of gritty mush and stale bread at meals

Readers urged author Wilfred Burton to share what happens next

By placing the history of these modern workers within a broader historical context of Aboriginal education and health

Birdie begins to draw from her dreams the lessons she was never fully taught in life

" - Anishinabek News

Keeper'n Me English-Inuktitut eating the pitiful offerings ofKeeper'n Me has been reissued in this 2006 reprint. Ojibwe newspaper columnist, Richard Wagamese weaves a fascinating story about an Ojibwe man who was taken by Children's Aid as a child and after a series of foster homes finally escapes. Unfortunately his freedom is curtailed when life on the streets results in jail time. To his good fortune his Ojibwe family locates him and he returns to the reserve. The homecoming is at times humourous, poignant