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Nov 12, 2021 · Indian Horse : a novel. Saul Indian Horse is in trouble, and there seems to be only one way out. As he journeys his way back through his life as a northern Ojibway, from the horrors of residential school to his triumphs on the hockey rink, he must question everything he knows.
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Indian Horse is Richard Wagamese’s sixth of seven novels. He also wrote five non-fiction books and a poetry collection, and has worked as a journalist. Indian Horse took Wagamese a little longer to write than usual — more than three and a half years — and he attributes this to the “emotional territory” that the novel covers. Although he did not exp...
The novel begins with an Ojibwe man struggling with alcoholismwho finds himself at a treatment facility called the New Dawn Centre after his latest binge. He identifies himself as Saul Indian Horse, a descendant of the Fish Clan of the Northern Ojibwe, or Anishinabeg. He is advised to share his story in order to find peace, but he is unable to shar...
A prominent theme in the novel, and in most of Wagamese’s work, is the power of storytelling. Saul must tell his story in order to confront the horrors of his past. On his journey to sobriety, Saul reflects: “Sometimes ghosts linger. They hover in the furthest corners and when you least expect, lurch out, bearing everything they brought to you when...
Indian Horse is Richard Wagamese’s best-known work. The novel has been praised as a sensitive, raw and realistic exploration of heritage and trauma. It was listed in the Globe and Mail’s top 100 books of 2012. In 2013, the novel was a finalist for CBC’s Canada Reads, where it was defended by Carol Huynh and went on to win the People’s Choice award....
A film adaptation of the novel, written by Dennis Foon and directed by Stephen S. Campanelli, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017. It was produced by Christine Haebler, Trish Dolman and Paula Devonshire, with executive producers Roger Frappier and Clint Eastwood. Eastwood signed on as executive producer when Campanelli, Eas...
In late 1950s Ontario, eight-year-old Saul Indian Horse is torn from his Ojibway family and committed to one of Canada’s notorious Catholic Residential Schools. Denied the freedom to speak his language or embrace his Indigenous heritage, Saul witnesses all kinds of abuse at the hands of the very people who were entrusted with his care. Despite
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The novel centres on Saul Indian Horse, a First Nations boy from Ontario who survives the residential school system and becomes a talented ice hockey player, only for his past traumas to resurface in his adulthood.
As he grapples with the trauma of abuse and cultural erasure, Saul discovers solace in playing hockey. The novel explores themes of identity, trauma, and the impact of systemic oppression on Indigenous communities. Read the full book summary or chapter-by-chapter summaries of Indian Horse.
But when winter approaches, Saul loses everything: his brother, his parents, his beloved grandmother—and then his home itself. Alone in the world and placed in a horrific boarding school, Saul is surrounded by violence and cruelty. At the urging of a priest, he finds a tentative salvation in hockey.
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Jan 27, 2012 · Saul Indian Horse is dying. Tucked away in a hospice high above the clash and clang of a big city, he embarks on a marvellous journey of imagination back through the life he led as a northern...
