BLANKET TOSS UNDER MIDNIGHT SUN: PORTRAITS OF EVERYDAY LIFE IN EIGHT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
Book ID/图书代码： 12760017B99753
English Summary/英文概要： hree years ago my mother, a residential school survivor, told me she was ‘tired of hearing just negative things about those times’; that there had been ‘positive and strong things in Indigenous communities then’. Inspired by her words, I began to look through archives, libraries, museums and private collections in search of images of Indigenous life that reflected integrity, strength, resourcefulness, hard work, family and play. And I found them.
The following photographs are of Indigenous peoples in primarily what is now Canada taken, for the most part, by non-Indigenous photographers between 1925 and the 1970s. When I first began to post some of these archival photographs on Twitter and Facebook, I expected some people to follow and ‘like’ them, but I could never have predicted that people would write in saying, ‘That’s my grandmother!’ or ‘That’s me forty-two years ago!’, often having seen the photograph for the very first time. This brought another layer to the photographs: the act of naming, a form of reclamation.
History has, since I was a child, interested me, but I am neither a trained historian nor an archivist, so I entered into this wet behind the ears, learning as I went along. I stumbled, made assumptions occasionally that were in error, and was grateful when I was corrected. I also learned that archival notes were not always accurate, either in name, location or cultural identity. There were lessons to be repeated like a mantra. Never assume. Worse, never add your assumptions to the captions. Reprint the archival captions as they are but expect, in many cases, that they will be inaccurate. Hope that in the seeing, someone out there will recognise a face, a hill, a building. Finally, expect the unexpected.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 从1925年至1985年，横跨60年期间，约80张关于土著家庭生活的黑白和彩色档案照片中，这些照片描绘了加拿大各地土著社区的适应和应变能力，并向世人展示了如今鲜为人知的，一种逐渐在消逝或消失的生活方式。
本书将重点放在加拿大的八个原住民社区，包括十二位摄影师在该地区花了大量时间，而拍摄的高清晰照片，而这些经过精心挑选的照片，都与该地区的地理和历史有着千丝万缕的关系：
第一章：[加拿大] 开普多塞特; (Kinngait / 因纽特语“高山”)
第二章：努纳维克
第三章：詹姆士湾（加拿大海湾）;
第四章：哈德逊湾分水岭
第五章：萨斯喀彻温省
第六章：蒙大拿和艾伯塔省
第七章：西北地区;
第八章：加拿大北育
每一个当地土著社区都有一篇叙述性文章，重点介绍其历史、家庭和文化特征，包括这个族的故事，重要人物简介以及社区是如何适应变化和分析介绍。这些文章集中在人文方面，照片所体现出的感官(内在故事)，以自己的方式，向世人诉说着那段不为人知的历史。历经了磨难和沧桑，摄影师们得以捕捉到人类的美丽和顽强，同时也体现了土著民身上那种不屈而又乐观向上的精神。摄影师们透过镜头，向我们展示了，印第安土著民为了对抗白人统治的压迫，而所经历的不幸遭遇。（Sandy）
Awards/获奖情况：•Paul Seesequasis, Blanket Toss under Midnight Sun: Portraits of Everyday Life in Eight Indigenous Communities
German rights to btb for launch at Frankfurt 2020. It is a highly anticipated book to be launched in November in Canada.
Look what is #9 on the BSL the first week out!
HONOURING THE RESILIENCE, RESOURCEFULNESS, AND DETERMINATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
FEATURED IN GRANTA, BRICK MAGAZINE, AND THE WALRUS
About the Author/作者介绍： Paul Seesequasis 是一位作家，编辑，文化活动家和记者。他是获奖杂志‘Aboriginal Voices’的创始编辑，也是Theytus Books出版社的一名总编辑。他还是MacLean-Hunter新闻奖获得者，Paul还在加拿大艺术委员会做过好多年的项目管理员。他的短篇小说和专题著作在加拿大和海外各地发行。他的小说《烟草战争》，以及最和玛雅艺术家Jesu Mora合作的《玛雅圣书的插图叙事》于2015年在墨西哥城推出。目前作者定居于加拿大萨斯喀彻温省中南部城市萨斯卡通。Paul Seesequasis is a writer, editor, cultural activist and journalist. He was a founding editor of the award-winning Aboriginal Voices magazine, and was editor-in-chief at Theytus Books. He was the recipient of a MacLean-Hunter journalism award, and was a program officer for a number of years at The Canada Council for the Arts. His short stories and feature writings have been published in Canada and abroad. His novel, Tobacco Wars, was published by Quattro Books and his latest book, a collaboration with Mayan artist, Jesu Mora, pop wuj: An Illustrated Narrative of the Mayan Sacred Book, was launched in Mexico City in 2015. He lives in Saskatoon.
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：RIGHTS SOLD:Canada；German rights
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