The Collector and publisher of these stories is Toni Graeme, a former Vancouverite now living in Victoria. An adventuresome woman herself, Toni lived in Yukon and the NWT for ten years. She travelled extensively in both territories, boated down the Mackenzie River, was an avid Northern gardener, raised Samoyed dogs and chickens for organic eggs, and helped build a house in the bush with her partner. Toni worked as a waitress, store clerk and secretary in Yukon and, in the Northwest Territories, was an itinerant employment/training counsellor travelling throughout the Western, Central and High Arctic. She then moved on to be the first Executive Director of the Status of Women and Women's Secretariat. She has three more books on the go.
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36 stories, 55 photos (b/w)
108 pages
$17.95
no tax or handling charge
Toni Graeme
408-844 Fisgard Street,
Victoria, BC
V8W 3M5
250-386-1637
tgraeme@shaw.ca
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"The mesmerizing rhythm of the Dene drummers
and the fascination of the Inuit drummers cause
their songs to always be with me. One of my most haunting memories is of the Dene Drummers playing at Fort Simpson the night before the Papal visit in 1987. They concluded the evening with Johnny Landry playing his “Hinana Hoho Hine”. The
sound of the pulsating rhythm in that beautiful
setting and the setting sun is… well, whenever I
hear that music; it brings tears to my eyes."
[excerpt from story #2].
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