As Long as the Rivers Flow
Larry Loyie
Groundwood Books Ltd
<p>Winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction</p><p>In the 1800s, the education of First Nations children was taken on by various churches, in government-sponsored residential schools. Children were forcibly taken from their families in order to erase their traditional languages and cultures.</p><p>As Long as the Rivers Flow is the story of Larry Loyie's last summer before entering residential school. It is a time of learning and adventure. He cares for an abandoned baby owl and watches his grandmother make winter moccasins. He helps the family prepare for a hunting and gathering trip.</p>