{"product_id":"9780735273313","title":"Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003eA revelatory portrait of eight Indigenous communities from across North America, shown through never-before-published archival photographs--a gorgeous extension of Paul Seesequasis's popular social media project.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2015, writer and journalist Paul Seesequasis found himself grappling with the devastating findings of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission report on the residential school system. He sought understanding and inspiration in the stories of his mother, herself a residential school survivor. Gradually, Paul realized that another, mostly untold history existed alongside the official one: that of how Indigenous peoples and communities had held together during even the most difficult times. He embarked on a social media project to collect archival photos capturing everyday life in First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities from the 1920s through the 1970s. As he scoured archives and libraries, Paul uncovered a trove of candid images and began to post these on social media, where they sparked an extraordinary reaction. Friends and relatives of the individuals in the photographs commented online, and through this dialogue, rich histories came to light for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlanket Toss Under Midnight Sun\u003c\/i\u003e collects some of the most arresting images and stories from Paul's project. While many of the photographs live in public archives, most have never been shown to the people in the communities they represent. As such, \u003ci\u003eBlanket Toss\u003c\/i\u003e is not only an invaluable historical record, it is a meaningful act of reclamation, showing the ongoing resilience of Indigenous communities, past, present--and future.","brand":"Paul Seesequasis (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Knopf Canada |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2019-10-22","offer_id":44151541825791,"sku":"9780735273313","price":32.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_1da3fc4a-d9a0-4d98-b8b7-69e8771cd84d.jpg?v=1651164305","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780735273313","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}