Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2003) Winner
Larry Loyie
ラリー・ロイイ
Rarī Roii
Aliases:
Oskiniko
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1933-11-04 （Slave Lake, Alberta）
- Died
- 2016-04-18 （Edmonton, Alberta） age 82
- Nationality
- Canadian, Cree
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Slave Lake, Alberta → Grouard, Alberta (residential school) → Vancouver, British Columbia → Edmonton, Alberta
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Playwright, Counsellor, Paratrooper
- Active Years
- 1994-2016
- Affiliations
- Living Traditions Writers Group
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Norma Fleck Award | As Long as the Rivers Flow | Canadian Children's Non-Fiction | Canadian Children's Book Centre | Winner |
| 2001 | Canada Post Literacy Award | — | Individual Achievement | Canada Post | Winner |
| 2012 | Moonbeam Children's Silver Book Award | The Gathering Tree | Health Issues | — | Silver |
Norma Fleck Award
2003
Work:
As Long as the Rivers Flow
Category:
Canadian Children's Non-Fiction
Organization:
Canadian Children's Book Centre
Result:
Winner
Canada Post Literacy Award
2001
Category:
Individual Achievement
Organization:
Canada Post
Result:
Winner
Moonbeam Children's Silver Book Award
2012
Work:
The Gathering Tree
Category:
Health Issues
Result:
Silver
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
As Long as the Rivers Flow
2005 Children's non-fictionRecounts the author's last summer of traditional Cree childhood before residential school.
Residential schoolsCree cultureChildhood freedom
When the Spirits Dance
2006 Children's literatureA Cree boy's search for the meaning of war during WWII.
WarCree traditionsFamily
Goodbye Buffalo Bay
2016 Autobiographical fictionExplores experiences in Canada's residential school system.
Residential school traumaIndigenous experiences
Bibliography
- Ora Pro Nobis, Pray for Us
- Fifty Years Credit
- No Way to Say Goodbye
- As Long as the Rivers Flow
- When the Spirits Dance
- The Gathering Tree
- Welcome to the Circle
- Moon Speaks Cree
- Residential Schools with the Words and Images of Survivors
- Goodbye Buffalo Bay
Translations of Works
- As Long as the Rivers Flow (French: Tant que couleront les riviéres)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Autobiographical narrativeCandid styleInfluence of oral traditions
- Recurring Motifs
- Residential school experiencesCree traditionsCultural loss and recovery
Health
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Cancer2010-2016Diagnosed in 2010, continued writing until death at age 82 in 2016.
Legacy
Award-winning First Nations author known for children's books on residential school experiences; first First Nations winner of Norma Fleck Award. Archive donated to UBC's Residential School History and Dialogue Centre.
Archives
- Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, University of British Columbia
Trivia
- Cree name Oskiniko means 'Young Man'.
- Founded Living Traditions Writers Group with partner in 1993.