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We Survived the Night

by Julian Brave Noisecat

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Oral history and a personal family journey

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Winner of the Tadeusz Bradecki Prize

    The supplied metadata states that this book won the Tadeusz Bradecki Prize.

  • Critical praise

    Praised by Louise Erdrich

    Louise Erdrich praises the book as a “whirling, radiant gift to the reader.”

AlbakiReads Editorial

Oral history and a personal family journey

Julian Brave NoiseCat brings oral history and journalism together with a personal father-son journey to examine Indigenous survival, love, and resurgence. The book also draws on the contradictions of a childhood rich with culture, connecting intimate family experience to a broader portrait of Indigenous life. Its blend of personal narrative and reported history gives the subject both familial and communal dimensions.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Indigenous history and contemporary Indigenous life
  • Readers seeking nonfiction that combines oral history, journalism, and personal narrative
  • Readers interested in father-son relationships and family experience

Themes

Indigenous survival and resurgenceFamily and father-son relationshipsCulture and identityOral history and journalism

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Book overview

WINNER OF THE TADEUSZ BRADECKI PRIZE - WINNER OF THE BC AND YUKON HUBERT EVANS NON-FICTION PRIZE - A stunning narrative from one of the most powerful young writers at work today, and the director of the Oscar(R)-nominated documentary, Sugarcane, We Survived the Night interweaves oral history with hard-hitting journalism and a deeply personal father-son journey into a searing portrait of Indigenous survival, love, and resurgence.

"Julian Brave NoiseCat seamlessly connects true tales of identity and betrayal, love and abandonment, clarity and confusion. We Survived the Night is a whirling, radiant gift to the reader." --Louise Erdrich, author of The Night Watchman

Julian Brave NoiseCat's childhood was rich with culture and contradictions. When his Secw
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