{"product_id":"this-house-is-not-a-home-by-katlìa","title":"This House Is Not a Home by Katłı̨̀ą","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gripping tale that combines fictional characters with real historical events of a time when the housing system dispossessed Indigenous Peoples across the north.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a hunting trip one fall, a family in the far reaches of so-called Canada’s north return to nothing but an empty space where their home once stood. Finding themselves suddenly homeless, they have no choice but to assimilate into settler-colonial society in a mining town that has encroached on their freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn intergenerational coming-of-age novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis House Is Not a Home\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efollows Kǫ̀, a Dene man who grew up entirely on the land before being taken to residential school. When he finally returns home, he struggles to connect with his family: his younger brother whom he has never met, his mother because he has lost his language, and an absent father whose disappearance he is too afraid to question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe third book from acclaimed Dene, Cree and Metis writer Katłįà,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis House Is Not a Home\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a fictional story based on true events. Visceral and embodied, heartbreaking and spirited, this book presents a clear trajectory of how settlers dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of their land — and how Indigenous communities, with dignity and resilience, continue to live and honour their culture, values, inherent knowledge systems, and Indigenous rights towards re-establishing sovereignty. Fierce and unflinching, this story is a call for land back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatłı̨̀ą\u003c\/strong\u003e is a northern Dene woman who spends her time between her ancestral homelands in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and Lekwungen Speaking Peoples Coast Salish Territory. She is the author of multiple books, including a memoir, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNorthern Wildflower\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, written as Catherine Lafferty. Katłı̨̀ą is a mother, grandmother and articling lawyer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67888575053884,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/9781773635620.jpg?v=1793547406","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/this-house-is-not-a-home-by-katli%cc%80a","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}