Harold R. Johnson

Harold R. Johnson
Born Saskatchewan
Occupation lawyer, writer, trapper, fisher, mechanic, heavy equipment operator, miner, logger, firefighter, tree planter
Nationality Canadian
Notable works

Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (And Yours) Corvus, The Cast Stone, Charlie Muskrat, Two Families Treaties and Government, Back Track,

Billy Tinker.
Notable awards

Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

Saskatchewan Fiction Book Award 2011 for The Cast Stone. Saskatchewan Aboriginal Publishing Award for Two Families Treaties and Government.

All titles shortlisted for Saskatchewan book awards in years published.

Harold R. Johnson is a Canadian lawyer and writer, whose book Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (And Yours) was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2016 Governor General's Awards.[1] The book, an examination of the problem with alcohol consumption among Canadian First Nations, draws on Johnson's work as a Crown prosecutor in northern Saskatchewan.[2]

References

  1. "Two Sask. authors up for Governor General's awards". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, October 5, 2016.
  2. "Indigenous people need to tell their stories of sobriety, says lawyer". The Current, September 27, 2016.
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