{"product_id":"walking-in-the-woods-a-matis-memoir-9781927366714","title":"Walking in the Woods: A Matis Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn updated edition of Herb Belcourt's remarkable life story with a brand-new foreword by the author.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e The eldest of ten children, Belcourt grew up in a small log home near the M tis settlement of Lac Ste. Anne during the Depression. His father purchased furs from local First Nations and M tis trappers and, with arduous work, began a family fur trading business that survives to this day. When Belcourt left home at 15 to become a labourer in coal mines and sawmills, his father told him to save his money so he could work for himself. Over the next three decades, Belcourt began a number of small Alberta businesses that prospered and eventually enabled him to make significant contributions to the M tis community in Alberta. Belcourt has devoted over 30 years of his life to improving access to affordable housing and further education for Aboriginal Albertans. In 1971, he co-founded CanNative Housing Corporation, a nonprofit agency charged with providing homes for urban Aboriginal people who confronted housing discrimination in Edmonton and Calgary. In 2004, Belcourt and his colleagues established the Belcourt Brosseau M tis Awards Fund, a $13-million endowment with a mandate to support the educational dreams of M tis youth and mature students in Alberta and to make a permanent difference in the lives of M tis Albertans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brindle \u0026amp; Glass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781927366714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Herb Belcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670781816988,"sku":"9781927366714","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_900c808f-6019-4c4d-808b-2dd054f66175.jpg?v=1603923603","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/walking-in-the-woods-a-matis-memoir-9781927366714","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}