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Firewater - How Alcohol is Killing My People (And Yours) (Unabridged) by Harold R. Johnson

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Firewater - How Alcohol is Killing My People (And Yours) (Unabridged)

Author
Harold R. Johnson
Narrator
Kairyn Potts
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Publish Date
15 October 2022
Run Time
5 hours
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Ethnic studies
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A passionate call to action, Firewater examines alcohol-its history, the myths surrounding it, and its devastating impact on Indigenous people. Drawing on his years of experience as a Crown Prosecutor in Treaty 6 territory, Harold Johnson challenges readers to change the story we tell ourselves about the drink that goes by many names-booze, hooch, spirits, sauce, and the evocative "firewater." Confronting the harmful stereotype of the "lazy, drunken Indian," and rejecting medical, social, and psychological explanations of the roots of alcoholism, Johnson cries out for solutions, not diagnoses, and shows how alcohol continues to kill so many. Provocative, irreverent, and keenly aware of the power of stories, Firewater calls for people to make decisions about their communities and their lives on their own terms.

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Author
Harold R. Johnson
Narrator
Kairyn Potts
Duration
5 hours
Release Date
15 October 2022
ISBN
9780889779129
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Genre
Ethnic studies

Synopsis

A passionate call to action, Firewater examines alcohol-its history, the myths surrounding it, and its devastating impact on Indigenous people. Drawing on his years of experience as a Crown Prosecutor in Treaty 6 territory, Harold Johnson challenges readers to change the story we tell ourselves about the drink that goes by many names-booze, hooch, spirits, sauce, and the evocative "firewater." Confronting the harmful stereotype of the "lazy, drunken Indian," and rejecting medical, social, and psychological explanations of the roots of alcoholism, Johnson cries out for solutions, not diagnoses, and shows how alcohol continues to kill so many. Provocative, irreverent, and keenly aware of the power of stories, Firewater calls for people to make decisions about their communities and their lives on their own terms.

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