<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for "Wagamese, Richard"]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for "Wagamese, Richard"]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/calgary/rss/search?query=%22Wagamese%2C%20Richard%22&amp;searchType=author&amp;page=2&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:22:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[One Native Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[One Native Life is a look back down the road Wagamese has travelled. It's about the things he's learned as a human being, a man and an Ojibway in his fifty-two years on the planet. Whether he's writing about making bannock, playing baseball, listening to the wind, meeting Johnny Cash or running away with the circus, these are stories told in a healing spirit. This is a book about roots: uncovering them, tending them, watching life spring up all around you. It is also a book about Canada. Acceptance is an Aboriginal principle, and Wagamese has come to see that we are all neighbours here. Once we understand that, he says, we realize it's all one great, grand tale.]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C730287</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C730287</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/730287095</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781926685762/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream Wheels]]></title><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C924257</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C924257</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/924257095</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385673761/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream Wheels]]></title><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1473445</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1473445</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1473445095</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385662000/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embers]]></title><description><![CDATA[ "In this carefully curated selection of everyday reflections, Richard Wagamese finds lessons in both the mundane and sublime as he muses on the universe, drawing inspiration from working in the bush--sawing and cutting and stacking wood for winter as well as the smudge ceremony to bring him closer to the Creator. Embers is perhaps Richard Wagamese's most personal volume to date. Honest, evocative and articulate, he explores the various manifestations of grief, joy, recovery, beauty, gratitude, physicality and spirituality--concepts many find hard to express. But for Wagamese, spirituality is multifaceted. Within these pages, readers will find hard-won and concrete wisdom on how to feel the joy in the everyday things. Wagamese does not seek to be a teacher or guru, but these observations made along his own journey to become, as he says,  a spiritual bad-ass,  make inspiring reading. -- Provided by publisher."]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1130388</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1130388</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1130388095</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>One Ojibway&apos;s Meditations</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781771621342/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada]]></title><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1740161</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1740161</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1740161095</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>We Are the Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781774886397/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Inquisitive Raven]]></title><description><![CDATA[Share in a raven's sense of wonder as this gorgeous picture book brings Richard Wagamese's wisdom to young audiences. "Reuben was an inquisitive raven. Of course, all ravens are inquisitive, but Reuben was a notch above even the most curious bird." So begins a story by beloved author Richard Wagamese, about a raven that has the whole forest talking. Some think he is nosy, but really, he is in a state of utter amazement at the world. He suggests new designs for the beavers' dams, imitates the blue herons' one-legged stance as they spear minnows, and squawks in glee at the sight of the bears emerging from hibernation. When he sees an eagle soaring high in the sky, he tries to soar just as high, in order to earn the other animals' respect-only to learn that respect is not something one earns, but something one carries. This book is yet another example from Richard Wagamese about the power of storytelling. Beautifully illustrated with original work from Anishinaabe artist Bridget George, The Inquisitive Raven is sure to be cherished by readers of all ages.]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1727196</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1727196</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1727196095</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781771624503/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Animal People Choose A Leader]]></title><description><![CDATA[Accompanied by award-winning illustrator Bridget George's luminous artwork, this tradition-steeped story from renowned author Richard Wagamese meditates on the unifying powers of wisdom, kindness and respect with all the visionary clarity of our most essential legends.    The unmistakable voice of revered Ojibway author Richard Wagamese returns with this moving tale, beautifully illustrated by original work from Anishinaabe artist Bridget George.   The story unfolds in a "Long Ago Time" when animals of all kinds share a common language and gather to solemnly consider which of them should be their leader. After hearing boasts about the qualities of the candidates-Horse's fleetness, Buffalo's stamina, Cougar's patience, Wolverine's stealth-the conference decides to settle the matter with a race between the challengers around a foreboding mountaintop lake. And there will be one more contestant of the most unlikely sort: a small, charmingly humble rabbit named Waabooz, whose chances are considered slim by all.   In the action that follows, described with the piercing clarity and richness of any great legend, Wagamese and George gracefully convey the limits of physical force and the quietly irresistible energies of humility, empathy and a loving attachment to the land. Unforgettable for its lyrical power and poignant message, The Animal People Choose a Leader is yet another example of the late author's unique gifts as a storyteller, and a welcome reminder of his honoured place in Canadian writing.]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1680720</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1680720</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1680720095</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781771624190/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Perfect Likeness]]></title><description><![CDATA[The volume brings together two previously published novellas by Richard Wagamese,  Him Standing  and  The Next Sure Thing , with a foreword from author Waubgeshig Rice. Both stories follow the lives of young men who have dreams for a better future. In their search for fame and fortune, Cree Thunderboy and Lucas Smoke end up on paths where their biggest challenge is staying true to themselves.    In  Him Standing , Lucas Smoke learns the art of carving from his grandfather. He discovers that he is a natural; he can literally make people come to life in wood. But when Lucas is asked to carve a spirit mask by a mysterious stranger, he quickly learns that his skill with a knife could cost him his dreams.    In  The Next Sure Thing , Cree Thunderboy has two things he does well: playing blues guitar and picking winning horses at the track. Picking winners is just meant to be a means to an end-Cree's goal is to make his living playing the blues. He meets a powerful man at the racetrack who convinces him he can parlay his special skill with the horses into a shot at the fame and fortune he seeks.    Celebrated author Richard Wagamese artfully crafts these thrilling yet vulnerable stories of two young men trying to find their place in the world.]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1388064</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1388064</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard, Wagamese]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1388064095</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Two Novellas</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459828377/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Richard Wagamese Selected]]></title><description><![CDATA[Richard Wagamese, one of Canada's most celebrated Indigenous authors and storytellers, was a writer of breathtaking honesty and inspiration. Always striving to be a better, stronger person, Wagamese shared his journey through writing, encouraging others to do the same.   Following the success of  Embers,  which has sold almost seventy thousand copies since its release in 2016, this new collection of Wagamese's non-fiction works, with an introduction by editor Drew Hayden Taylor, brings together more of the prolific author's short writings, many for the first time in print, and celebrates his ability to inspire. Drawing from Wagamese's essays and columns, along with preserved social media and blog posts, this beautifully designed volume is a tribute to Wagamese's literary legacy.]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1424679</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1424679</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1424679095</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>What Comes From Spirit</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781771622769/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Drum]]></title><description><![CDATA[ "The most profound truth in the universe is this: that we are all one drum and we need each other.  —Richard Wagamese, One Drum   Fans of Richard Wagamese's writing will be heartened by the news that the bestselling author left behind a manuscript he'd been working on until shortly before his death in 2017. One Drum welcomes readers to unite in ceremony to heal themselves and bring harmony to their lives and communities.   In One Drum, Wagamese wrote,  I am not a shaman. Nor am I an elder, a pipe carrier, or a celebrated traditionalist. I am merely one who has trudged the same path many of this human family has—the path of the seeker, called forward by a yearning I have not always understood.    One Drum draws from the foundational teachings of Ojibway tradition, the Grandfather Teachings. Focusing specifically on the lessons of humility, respect and courage, the volume contains simple ceremonies that anyone anywhere can do, alone or in a group, to foster harmony and connection. Wagamese believed that there is a shaman in each of us, and we are all teachers and in the world of the spirit there is no right way or wrong way.   Writing of neglect, abuse and loss of identity, Wagamese recalled living on the street, going to jail, drinking too much, feeling rootless and afraid, and then the feeling of hope he gained from connecting with the spiritual ways of his people. He expressed the belief that ceremony has the power to unify and to heal for people of all backgrounds.  When that happens,  he wrote,  we truly become one song and one drum beating together in a common purpose—and we are on the path to being healed. "]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1315649</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1315649</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1315649095</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Stories and Ceremonies for A Planet</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781771622301/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Native Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[One Native Life is a look back down the road Richard Wagamese has traveled-from childhood abuse to adult alcoholism-in reclaiming his identity. It's about what he has learned as a human being, a man, and an Ojibway in his fifty-two years on Earth.Whether he's writing about playing baseball, running away with the circus, making bannock, or attending a sacred bundle ceremony, these are stories told in a healing spirit. Through them, Wagamese shows listeners how to appreciate life for the journey it is.]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1253469</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1253469</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1253469095</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982611606/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Drum]]></title><description><![CDATA["Fans of Richard Wagamese's writing will be heartened by the news that the bestselling author left behind a manuscript he'd been working on until shortly before his death in 2017.  In One Drum, Wagamese wrote,  I am not a shaman. Nor am I an elder, a pipe carrier, or a celebrated traditionalist. I am merely one who has trudged the same path many of this human family has-the path of the seeker, called forward by a yearning I have not always understood.   One Drum draws from the foundational teachings of Ojibway tradition, the Grandfather Teachings. Focusing specifically on the lessons of humility, respect, and courage, the volume contains simple ceremonies that anyone anywhere can do, alone or in a group, to foster harmony and connection. Wagamese believed that there is a shaman in each of us, that we are all teachers, and in the world of the spirit, there is no right way or wrong way.  Writing of neglect, abuse, and loss of identity, Wagamese recalled living on the street, going to jail, drinking too much, feeling rootless and afraid, and then the feeling of hope he gained from connecting with the spiritual ways of his people. He expressed the belief that ceremony has the power to unify and to heal for people of all backgrounds.  When that happens,  he wrote,  we truly become one song and one drum beating together in a common purpose-and we are on the path to being healed.   One Drum welcomes listeners to unite in ceremony to heal themselves, and bring harmony to their lives and communities."]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1341392</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1341392</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1341392095</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>Stories and Ceremonies for A Planet</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781094108537/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Joshua]]></title><description><![CDATA[The heartfelt memoir from one of Canada's most beloved writers.  Staring the modern world in the eye, Richard Wagamese confronts its snares and perils. He sees people coveting without knowing why, looking for roots without understanding what constitutes home, searching for acceptance without extending reciprocal respect, and longing for love without knowing how to offer it.   He sees this because he lived it.   For Joshua  Wagamese's love letter to his estranged son. Ojibway tradition calls for fathers to walk their children through the world and teach them their place in it. To teach them they belong. In this intimate memoir, Wagamese describes his own tumultuous journey-though childhood trauma, racism, and substance abuse-and his fight to emerge stronger. His road to self-knowledge has been long and treacherous, but this has furnished him, if not with a complete set of answers, then at least with a profound understanding of the questions. Hoping to impart his newfound understanding of the world onto his beloved son, Wagamese shares his search for happiness and the choices he has made to open himself up to it.]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1341395</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1341395</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1341395095</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>An Ojibway Father Teaches His Son</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385693929/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embers]]></title><description><![CDATA[ "Life sometimes is hard. There are challenges. There are difficulties. There is pain. As a younger man I sought to avoid them and only ever caused myself more of the same. These days I choose to face life head on-and I have become a comet. I arc across the sky of my life and the harder times are the friction that lets the worn and tired bits drop away. It's a good way to travel; eventually I will wear away all resistance until all there is left of me is light. I can live towards that end. -Richard Wagamese, EmbersIn this carefully curated selection of everyday reflections, Richard Wagamese finds lessons in both the mundane and sublime as he muses on the universe, drawing inspiration from working in the bush-sawing and cutting and stacking wood for winter as well as the smudge ceremony to bring him closer to the Creator. Embers is perhaps Richard Wagamese's most personal volume to date. Honest, evocative, and articulate, he explores the various manifestations of grief, joy, recovery, beauty, gratitude, physicality, and spirituality-concepts many find hard to express. But for Wagamese, spirituality is multifaceted. Within these pages, listeners will find hard-won and concrete wisdom on how to feel the joy in the everyday things. Wagamese does not seek to be a teacher or guru, but these observations made along his own journey to become, as he says,  a spiritual bad-ass,  make inspiring reading."]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1257267</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1257267</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1257267095</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>One Ojibway&apos;s Meditations</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982611521/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ragged Company]]></title><description><![CDATA["Four chronically homeless people-Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Digger-seek refuge in a warm movie theatre when a severe Arctic Front descends on the city. During what is supposed to be a one-time event, this temporary refuge transfixes them. They fall in love with this new world, and once the weather clears, continue their trips to the cinema. On one of these outings they meet Granite, a jaded and lonely journalist who has turned his back on writing  the same story over and over again  in favour of the escapist qualities of film, and an unlikely friendship is struck.  A found cigarette package (contents: some unsmoked cigarettes, three $20 bills, and a lottery ticket) changes the fortune of this struggling set. The ragged company discovers they have won $13.5 million, but none of them can claim the money for lack proper identification. Enlisting the help of Granite, their lives, and fortunes, become forever changed.   Ragged Company  is a journey into both the future and the past, told by an accomplished  full cast which includes, in order of appearance:  Monique Mojica as AMELIA ONE SKY  Benjamin Blais as DIGGER  J.D. Nicholsen as TIMBER  Douglas Hughes as GRANITE  Wesley French as DOUBLE DICK"]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1383256</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1383256</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1383256095</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385693943/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starlight]]></title><description><![CDATA[The final novel from Richard Wagamese, the bestselling and beloved author of Indian Horse and Medicine Walk, centres on an abused woman on the run who finds refuge on a farm owned by an Indigenous man with wounds of his own. A profoundly moving novel about the redemptive power of love, mercy, and compassion—and the land's ability to heal us.Frank Starlight has long settled into a quiet life working his remote farm, but his contemplative existence comes to an abrupt end with the arrival of Emmy, who has committed a desperate act so she and her child can escape a harrowing life of violence. Starlight takes in Emmy and her daughter to help them get back on their feet, and this accidental family eventually grows into a real one. But Emmy's abusive ex isn't content to just let her go. He wants revenge and is determined to hunt her down.  Starlight was unfinished at the time of Richard Wagamese's death, yet every page radiates with his masterful storytelling, intense humanism, and insights that are as hard-earned as they are beautiful. With astonishing scenes set in the rugged backcountry of the B.C. Interior, and characters whose scars cut deep even as their journey toward healing and forgiveness lifts us, Starlight is a last gift to readers from a writer who believed in the power of stories to save us.]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1240306</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1240306</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1240306095</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780771070884/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream Wheels]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rodeo cowboy Joe Willie Wolfchild, riding an explosive bull called See Four and moments away from becoming World Champion, suffers a devastating accident. His parents and grandparents use all their native wisdom to ease him out of his subsequent bitter depression, but without success. Meanwhile, in a distant city, a troubled young kid named Aiden plans a holdup that goes wrong and lands himself in jail. When he emerges, a sympathetic police officer arranges a job at a ranch, where his mother Claire will accompany him in an attempt to restore their relationship. It is the Wolfchild ranch. Supported by the ferocious strength and native spirituality of the Wolfchild women, Joe Willie and Aiden fight through painful transformations, and their physical and mental rehabilitations are mirrored in the age-worn chrome of an ancient pickup truck they restore together. As the two men first clash and then come together in a friendship that helps each overcome the challenge of reentering a world that's forever changed, Claire's eyes are opened to a life she has never hoped for and opens her heart to a love she still can't convince herself she deserves. Written with lyric intensity and a great respect for native teachings, Dream Wheels announces the presence of a major new literary talent, sure to take his rightful place alongside writers like Cormac McCarthy and Jim Harrison as a gifted chronicler of the modern West.]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1341416</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1341416</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1341416095</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781490671420/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeper'n Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Garnet Raven was three years old, he was taken from his home on an Ojibway Indian reserve and placed in a series of foster homes. Having reached his mid-teens, he escapes at the first available opportunity, only to find himself cast adrift on the streets of the big city. Having skirted the urban underbelly once too often by age 20, he finds himself thrown in jail. While there, he gets a surprise letter from his long-forgotten native family. The sudden communication from his past spurs him to return to the reserve following his release from jail. Deciding to stay awhile, his life is changed completely as he comes to discover his sense of place, and of self. While on the reserve, Garnet is initiated into the ways of the Ojibway-both ancient and modern-by Keeper, a friend of his grandfather, and last fount of history about his people's ways. By turns funny, poignant and mystical,  Keeper'n Me  reflects a positive view of Native life and philosophy-as well as casting fresh light on the redemptive power of one's community and traditions.]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1341396</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1341396</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1341396095</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385692373/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Story, One Song]]></title><description><![CDATA["A collection of warm, wise, and inspiring stories from the author of the best-selling One Native LifeSince its publication in 2008, readers and reviewers have embraced Richard Wagamese's One Native Life.  In quiet tones and luminous language,  wrote the Winnipeg Free Press,  Wagamese shares his hurts and joys, inviting readers to find the ways in which they are joined to him and to consider how they might be joined to others. In this book, Richard Wagamese again invites readers to accompany him on his travels. This time his focus is on stories: how they shape us, how they empower us, how they change our lives. Ancient and contemporary, cultural and spiritual, funny and sad, the tales are grouped according to the four essential principles Ojibway traditional teachers sought to impart: humility, trust, introspection, and wisdom.Whether the topic is learning from his grade five teacher about Martin Luther King, gleaning understanding from a wolf track, lighting a fire for the first time without matches, or finding the universe in an eagle feather, these stories exhibit the warmth, wisdom, and generosity that made One Native Life so popular. As always, in these pages, the land serves as Wagamese's guide. And as always, he finds that true home means not only community but conversation-good, straight-hearted talk about important things. We all need to tell our stories, he says. Every voice matters."]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1251757</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1251757</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1251757095</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982611446/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Him Standing]]></title><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C924251</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C924251</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/924251095</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459801776/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Him Standing]]></title><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C872363</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C872363</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/872363095</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459801769/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Runaway Dreams]]></title><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C756105</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C756105</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/756105095</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Poems</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781553801290/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream Wheels]]></title><description><![CDATA[In pursuit of a world-champion title, Joe Willie Wolfchild suffers a career-ending accident and is taken to his family's ranch to recuperate. Meanwhile, urban street-kid Aiden, sick and tired of his mother Claire's long string of abusive boyfriends, plans a robbery only to land in jail. Upon his release, a concerned parole officer finds a place for Aiden and his mom at the Wolfchild ranch. Strong language. 2006.]]></description><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C955371</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C955371</guid><category><![CDATA[DAISY]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/955371095</comments><format>DAISY</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Joshua]]></title><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C338883</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C338883</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/338883095</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>An Ojibway Father Teaches His Son</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385693240/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Joshua]]></title><link>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C924128</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C924128</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wagamese, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/924128095</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>An Ojibway Father Teaches His Son</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385674799/MC.GIF&amp;client=calgp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>