We Are All Treaty People: Prairie Essays

by Roger Epp

In his collection of Prairie essays-some of them profoundly personal, some poetic, some political-Roger Epp considers what it means to dwell attentively and responsibly in the rural West. He makes the provocative claim that Indigenous and settler alike are "Treaty people"; he retells inherited family stories in that light; he reclaims the rural as a site of radical politics; and he thinks alongside contemporary farm people whose livelihoods and communities are now under intense economic and cultural pressure. We Are All Treaty People invites those who feel the pull of a prairie heritage to rediscover the poetry surging through the landscapes of the rural West, among its people and their political economy.

248 pages, Paperback

First published December 17, 2004

Reviews

[Sgrif · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Lisa Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being a suburban prairie girl, I have a pretty limited understanding of rural life and politics. We Are All Treaty People certainly broadened my understanding of prairie politics and prairie life. I *highly* recommend this book to anyone interested in Canadian politics.