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    Scattered Bones

    By Maggie Siggins

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    Scattered Bones is a story of the complicated, fragile and sometimes fatal relations between Indigenous people and settlers in Northern Saskatchewan in the 1920s. Aboriginal spiritual traditions are beginning to cross paths with the construction of a residential school, and ancient acts of violent vengeance are shaping the trajectory of events in the town 200 years later.

    Based on historical events, Siggins creates a fictional version of the real-life Pelican Narrows, weaving a colorful tale resplendent with its own cavalcade of dynamic, diverse characters - from greedy merchants to the well-meaning but ineffectual clergy - whose stories play out against the backdrop of a visit from a condescending celebrity writer.

    The conflicts between Aboriginals and settlers, Protestants and Catholics, young and old, traditional and progressive, material and spiritual, all shape life in the little Northern community. Ever eloquent, Siggins proves herself more than capable of creating compelling, thought-provoking fiction with Scattered Bones.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCoteau Books
    Release dateApr 6, 2016
    ISBN9781550506709
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    Maggie Siggins

    Maggie Siggins is the author of Revenge of the Land, which won the Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction in 1992. She is also the author of A Canadian Tragedy: The Colin Thatcher Story, which became a highly-rated television mini-series, Love and Hate, in Canada and around the world. A native of Toronto, Maggie Siggins now lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.

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    • 3/5
      This is the story of a reserve in northern Saskatchewan in the 1920s. The community is trying to hold on to its traditions and culture even as the Hudson's Bay Company has set up a trading post and the Anglican and Catholic churches have sent missionaries to the community. We have all the drama found in small-community stories: illicit affairs, theft, inter-racial romance; inter-faith rivalries; along with the excitement/stress brought on by a visit of the Indian Agent along with the famous author, Sinclair Lewis and his brother.The writing is sharp and clear; the author has done work with film and it shows in her style. The book painted a picture of the place and era more than told a story...by that, I mean that neither the characters nor the plot seemed to really drive the book....it almost felt like a series of vignettes, but not quite because there is a plot that comes to a satisfying conclusion. It was, I thought, very realistic.