{"product_id":"shinchis-canoe-24805","title":"Shin-chi's Canoe","description":"\u003cp\u003eShin-chi's Canoe is a realistic, tender story that recounts the experiences of Native siblings sent to a government-mandated, church-run boarding school. When Shin-chi and his sister go off to his first year of Residential School in a cattle truck, Shi-shi-etko warns him of all the things he must not do. At the school, the children are not allowed to speak to one another and must endure the cruel treatment and restrictions forced upon Native children as they work and go to mass and to school. Hungry and lonely, young Shin-chi tries desperately to hold on to his Native traditions, sneaking out to sing his grandfather's prayer song and release his canoe in the river. Shin-chi holds fast to the canoe and looks forward to the day when the salmon return to the river, hopeful that things will then improve for his family and the tribe he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nova Scotia School Book Bureau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43663644000316,"sku":null,"price":18.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/3677\/6508\/files\/9780888998576.jpg?v=1762967214","url":"https:\/\/nssbb.ednet.ns.ca\/products\/shinchis-canoe-24805","provider":"Nova Scotia School Book Bureau","version":"1.0","type":"link"}