{"product_id":"kukum","title":"Kukum","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Michel Jean, Innu from Mashteuiatsh, and translated by Susan Ouriou. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Quebec bestseller based on the life of Michel Jean’s great-grandmother that delivers an empathetic portrait of drastic change in an Innu community.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKukum recounts the story of Almanda Siméon, an orphan raised by her aunt and uncle, who falls in love with a young Innu man despite their cultural differences and goes on to share her life with the Pekuakami Innu community. They accept her as one of their own: Almanda learns their language, how to live a nomadic existence, and begins to break down the barriers imposed on Indigenous women. Unfolding over the course of a century, the novel details the end of traditional ways of life for the Innu, as Almanda and her family face the loss of their land and confinement to reserves, and the enduring violence of residential schools.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKukum intimately expresses the importance of Innu ancestral values and the need for freedom nomadic peoples feel to this day. This book contains \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10 images, black and white.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Anansi Press Inc | Arachnide Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56394808820017,"sku":"whg1789933143145","price":12.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/0925\/7009\/files\/kukum_1.jpg?v=1789933148","url":"https:\/\/canistersealfit.shop\/products\/kukum","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}