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One arrow left : the memoir of Secwépemc knowledge keeper Cecilia DeRose

One arrow left : the memoir of Secwépemc knowledge keeper Cecilia DeRose

Book 2025

"Born in 1935 in the village of Esket, Cecilia DeRose was welcomed into a loving, supportive Secwépemc family. Growing up in an isolated meadow, Cecilia was the fourth of ten children, spending much of her early years caring for younger siblings. Ranch life was in their blood; Cecilia's mother, Amelia Joe, was the progeny of a white ranch hand, Joe Smith, and her Secwépemc mother, Martha Williams; her father, Matthew Dick, was well-known in the...