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Maria Campbell
, 1940-
Maria Campbell was born in 1940 in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. She is best known for her autobiography, Halfbreed, which relates her struggles as Metis woman in Canadian society. She was forced to quit school at the age of twelve after the death of her mother to take care of her siblings. Campbell says that she was sustained in spirit by her great-grandmother Cheechum who was her very best friend and confidante. Campbell sees herself more as a community worker than a writer.
Books by Maria Campbell:
Campbell, Maria. Achimoona
Saskatoon, Sask. : Fifth House, 1985.
Genre: Short Stories
Description: 98 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm. Introduced by Maria Campbell.
Cree Indians--Juvenile fiction. Short stories.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0920079164
Campbell, Maria. The book of Jessica : a theatrical transformation
Toronto : Coach House Press, 1989.
Genre: Drama
Description: 175 p. ; 22 cm. Co-authored by Linda Griffiths.
ISBN: 0889103801
Campbell, Maria. Halfbreed
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1982.
Genre: Biography
Description: 157 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes : 1st Bison Book edition. Reprint. Originally published: New York : Saturday Review Press, 1973. Metis--Biography. Cree Indians--Biography. Canada--Biography.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0803263112 (pbk.)
Campbell, Maria. Little Badger and the fire spirit
Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1977.
Genre: Folklore
Description: 30 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. Illustrated by David Maclagan.
Audience: All Ages
ISBN: 0771018827
Campbell, Maria. People of the buffalo : how the Plains Indians lived
Vancouver : J. J. Douglas, 1976.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 47 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Illustrated by Douglas Tait and Shannon Twofeathers. Examines the self-sufficient existence of the Indian tribes living on the plains of the United States and Canada.
Indians of North America--Great Plains--Juvenile literature.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0888940890
Campbell, Maria. Stories of the road allowance people
Penticton, B.C., Canada : Theytus Books, 1995.
Genre: Folklore
Description: 144 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. Translated by Maria Campbell ; paintings by Sherry Farrell Racette.
Metis--Folklore. Tales--Saskatchewan.
ISBN: 091944153X
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