Thomas, Dorine — Rubaboo

Winnipeg, Manitoba Pemmican Publications First Edition, First Printing pp. 99. 12mo., measuring 6.25" x 7". Textured, stiff, card covers held with white metal spiral binding. Richly illustrated throughout with many black-and-white illustrations, diagrams, charts, tables, etc. Entirely without blemish: bright, clean, and unmarked with firm binding; near fine. Exceedingly scarce in commerce. Corresponds to OCLC #1151151552. Not found in Guelph, McGill, McMaster. Comprises of six chapters: Chapter One: Stone Ovens and Fire Pits - Making pemmicans, bannock and bread, muskrat, fish and beaver tails; Chapter Two: Homespun and Dried Flowers - Picking, carding, spinning and dying; Chapter Three: Medicine from the Wayside - Roots and berries to cure their ills; Chapter Four: Leftover Buffalo Fat - Making lye, candles and soap; Chapter Five: Thimbles and Friends - Quilting, knitting and sewing; Chapter Six: Odds and Bits - Berry buckets, horn spoons, weather signs, maple sugar, brooms and other bits of living. "Being Metis means being a divided spirit in one body. We halfbreeds are the product of two distinct races, cultures and colours. In order to know ourselves, we must look at both sides of our heirtage and make those parts come together and be meaningful in our lives. We must learn to be proud of our duality - proud of both halves. Rubaboo is about women. It is about what the women did. It is about our grandmother's way of life and how we can look back on the Indian and White parts of ourselves and learn from it. It is about teaching our children their heritage and helping them to grow in knowledge and in pride." - Dorine Thomas