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The Reason You Walk : A Memoir by Kinew, Tobasonakwut; Kinew, Wab is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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**A moving father-son reconciliation told by a charismatic First Nations broadcaster, musician and activist.** When his father was given a diagnosis of terminal cancer, Winnipeg broadcaster and musician Wab Kinew decided to spend a year reconnecting with the accomplished but distant aboriginal man who'd raised him. __The Reason You Walk__ spans the year 2012, chronicling painful moments in the past and celebrating renewed hopes and dreams for the future. As Kinew revisits his own childhood in Winnipeg and on a reserve in Northern Ontario, he learns more about his father's traumatic childhood at residential school. An intriguing doubleness marks __The Reason You Walk__, a reference to an Anishinaabe ceremonial song. Born to an Anishinaabe father and a non-native mother, he has a foot in both cultures. He is a Sundancer, an academic, a former rapper, a hereditary chief, and an urban activist. His father, Tobasonakwut, was both a beloved traditional chief and a respected elected leader who engaged directly with Ottawa. Internally divided, his father embraced both traditional native religion and Catholicism, the religion that was inculcated into him at the residential school w

Who reads The Reason You Walk : A Memoir?

Author

Kinew, Tobasonakwut; Kinew, Wab

Publisher

Penguin Canada;Viking

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780670069347

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, History

Rating

4.02 / 5 (1,373 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14