Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours)

by Harold R. Johnson

Book Overview

A passionate call to action, Firewater examines alcohol─its history, the myths surrounding it, and its devasting 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889774374
• ISBN13: 9780889774377
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher