The Days of Augusta Mi’kmaq Combining contemporary articles with historical

Combining contemporary articles with historical documents

and Jane Ash Poitras

some of their own making

one of the true masterpieces of North American literature

The Days of Augusta Mi’kmaq Combining contemporary articles with historicalWritten by Augusta Evans and edited by Jean E. Speare, with photographs by Robert Keziere. Hailed as a contemporary classic of oral literature, The Days of Augusta is Shuswap elder Augusta Evans memories of a lifetime that spanned from 1899 to 1978. Accompanied by Robert Kezieres intimate photographs, Augustas rhythmic prose reads like poetry. She depicts with strength and eloquence her own storyher days at the Mission School, making good baskets and