From the ashes : my story of being Métis, homeless, and finding my way
From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle is his memoir. From being lost and alone, falling apart, living on the streets and later to reconciliation, From the Ashes is Thistle’s life story. Through four parts from 1997 to 2015 he recounts life through his stories of growing up berry picking with his Kokum in Debden, Saskatchewan; through his parents’ separation, and living rough, begging and going hungry with his father and then being in foster care. School life, his teenage and later years discuss his pain of loss, friendships and loneliness and the consequences of some decisions made in the moment. Yet it is also a story of resilience and trying to find a home and another life.
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- ISBN: 9781982101213
- Physical Description 354 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2019.
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General Note: | NFPL Indigenous Collection. |
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Table of Contents
From the Ashes : My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Indigenous Affairs | p. 1 | |
Prologue | p. 3 | |
Lost And Alone 1979-1987 | ||
A Little Boy's Dream | p. 7 | |
Road Allowance | p. 9 | |
Hornet | p. 17 | |
Trash Pandas | p. 23 | |
A Father's Love | p. 27 | |
The Red Baron | p. 28 | |
The Pact | p. 35 | |
Monster Rescue | p. 38 | |
The Beast | p. 41 | |
Touch of Home | p. 44 | |
Godzilla | p. 48 | |
Leeroy and the Brown Pop | p. 51 | |
Robin's Eggs | p. 55 | |
Attaboy! | p. 57 | |
Little Thief | p. 61 | |
Supremacy | p. 66 | |
Heart Attack | p. 68 | |
Not a Picture in Sight | p. 72 | |
The Fake Italian | p. 76 | |
Falling Apart 1988-1996 | ||
My Fabricated Persona | p. 81 | |
Oddball | p. 82 | |
Just Like the Rest of Them | p. 85 | |
The Most Important Thing | p. 88 | |
Canada Geese | p. 91 | |
Cheese Slices | p. 93 | |
Drive | p. 98 | |
Birdsong | p. 103 | |
Jack Him | p. 108 | |
A New Family | p. 111 | |
Tradition | p. 121 | |
Troublemaker | p. 125 | |
The Strongest Brother | p. 128 | |
Choice | p. 130 | |
Premonition | p. 136 | |
Berries | p. 139 | |
Opening Up | p. 143 | |
Pride | p. 146 | |
Banana Split | p. 151 | |
The Stolen Streets 1997-2008 | ||
Windigo | p. 157 | |
Adrift | p. 158 | |
End of a Friendship | p. 165 | |
Rou Garous | p. 167 | |
Never the Same | p. 169 | |
A Gust of Molecules | p. 174 | |
Suburban Wastelands | p. 178 | |
Family Wedding | p. 181 | |
Crack | p. 187 | |
Canadian Streets Greasy with Indigenous Fat | p. 189 | |
Caught Up | p. 190 | |
Rat | p. 201 | |
Aftermath | p. 208 | |
A Bottle Full of Pills | p. 216 | |
Smitten | p. 221 | |
The King of Somalia | p. 226 | |
Life at Gunpoint | p. 228 | |
We All Fall Down | p. 230 | |
Western Door | p. 237 | |
Cast of Horrors | p. 241 | |
Turning Point | p. 245 | |
Indestructible Pink Dress | p. 247 | |
Solitary Confinement | p. 252 | |
Sharing the Love | p. 253 | |
Bibles Behind Bars | p. 257 | |
Audrey | p. 262 | |
Dynamite | p. 266 | |
Push-ups | p. 271 | |
Inception | p. 274 | |
The Messenger | p. 276 | |
Steak Knife | p. 278 | |
Random Dude | p. 280 | |
The Process | p. 283 | |
The Meaning Is Gone | p. 285 | |
Salvation and the Soup Kitchen Lady | p. 288 | |
Reconciliation 2008-2017 | ||
Fighting the Darkness | p. 293 | |
Dawn of the Bronze Age | p. 295 | |
Running on Glass | p. 298 | |
At Last | p. 301 | |
A Plain Piece of Paper | p. 304 | |
A Push | p. 306 | |
The Cleanest Bachelor in the World | p. 309 | |
The Other Half of the Solution | p. 312 | |
Bravery | p. 315 | |
Follow Your Dreams | p. 318 | |
The Fines Are Fine | p. 322 | |
Finding the Courage to Stand | p. 323 | |
Indian Turned Métis | p. 325 | |
In the Custom of the Country | p. 331 | |
Amends | p. 334 | |
Sixteen Letters | p. 335 | |
57 Years of Love | p. 338 | |
When Walking Is a Prayer | p. 340 | |
Epilogue | p. 343 | |
My Soul Is Still Homeless | p. 348 | |
Missing Person | p. 351 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 353 | |
A Note from the Author | p. 355 |