
Resolve
The Chelsea Story and a First Nation Communitys Will to HealIn Stock
ISBN: 9781987915884
Paperback
240 Pages
b/w photos
Subjects:
Biography: general
History of the Americas
Ethnic studies
Indigenous peoples
Canada
Andy and Phyllis Chelsea met during their years spent at the St. Josephs Mission School in Williams Lake, BC. Like the thousands of others forced into the church-run residential school system, Andy and Phyllis are no strangers to the ongoing difficulties experienced by most Indigenous peoples in Canada. The couple married in 1964 but brought the trauma of their mission school years into their marriage. The Chelseas struggle with alcohol came to an abrupt halt in 1971 when their daughter, Ivy, then aged seven, stated that she and her brothers did not want to live with their parents because of the drinking, that they would stay with their Grandmother, their Kye7e. Andy and Phyllis chose sobriety to preserve their family. This decision sparked a lifetime of activism for the couple, which included overcoming the challenges caused by Canadas disregard for their community. Throughout the twenty-seven years Andy was Chief of the Alkali Lake Esket First Nation, the Chelseas worked to eradicate alcoholism and took steps to overcome the rampant intergenerational trauma that existed for the people of Alkali Lake. Their efforts, their story and the perseverance of the members of their village have inspired Indigenous groups facing similar struggles throughout the world. Resolve: The Chelsea Story and a First Nation Communitys Will to Heal explores the harrowing, personal journey of the Chelseas. By combining personal interviews and historical records, biographer Carolyn Parks Mintz shares the Chelseas transition from residential schools to state-sanctioned reservations to international recognition of their activism in the face of ongoing repression. A simultaneous celebration of strength and a condemnation of systemic racism, Resolve is a personal and deeply moving story that calls for a closer look at the status of Canadas reconciliation efforts from the Chelseas perspective.
Carolyn Parks Mintz is an author, freelance journalist and public speaker and was twice nominated as a Woman of Distinction. She was the content specialist of the 1997 video I Will Walk This Road With You, the producer, writer and host of the radio talk show Ontarios West Coast Today in 2008 and authored The Eye of the Dragon: Women, Cancer and Courage (EbbTide Publishing, 2004), for which she received the Global Calgary Woman of Vision award.
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