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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kaipo Schwab , Grand Chief Ronald M DerricksonPublisher: Tantor Audio Imprint: Tantor Audio ISBN: 9781665197205ISBN 10: 166519720 Publication Date: 27 October 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsCanada. Schwab narrates steadily, drawing listeners in as he recounts history, smoothly shifts from English to Indigenous intonation, and tells tales of the Okanagan, Syilx, Westbank band, and other Indian nations.-- AudioFile A vivid and arresting account...Grand Chief Derrickson's tenacity, resourcefulness, and inner drive for justice shines through. -- Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, President, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Author InformationKaipo Schwab is an actor, director, and producer who has worked at the Roundabout, Manhattan Theatre Club, the Public Theater, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, Hartford Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, GeVa Theater, Pan Asian Rep, and New York Theatre Workshop. In 2004 he directed part of ABC's Cultural Diversity Showcase. His film and television credits include Anesthesia, Fair Game, The Royal Tenenbaums, It Could Happen to You, All My Children, The Protector, Law & Order, New York Undercover, Can Openers, Rescue Me, and Cosby. He can also be seen on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black playing the role of prison medic, Igme Dimaguiba. Audiobook credits include Jimmy Breslin's The Good Rat (2009 Benjamin Franklin Award winner), Walter Dean Myers' We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart (2013 Audie nomination) and Marilyn Singer's Full Moon Is Rising. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, he attended the British American Drama Academy and is a graduate of Boston University College of Fine Arts. Kaipo and his wife, Hope, live in New York City with their son, Giovanni, and their one-eyed pug, Wink. Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson is one of the most successful Indigenous entrepreneurs in Canada. He also served as Chief of the Westbank First Nation for a dozen years and led his community from poverty to prosperity while surviving an assassination attempt and a Royal Commission on his business and political activities. He lives in Westbank First Nation, close to Kelowna, BC. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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