Buffalo Sacred & Sacrificed: A book report
If you’ve ever rushed to class through the first floor of Building 7, a giant portrait of our University’s namesake, Dr. Grant MacEwan, stood in your periphery. All it takes is a minute of pause to look closer at the details of what he loved in life: MacEwan University’s iconic clock, a jar of peanut butter behind a hat on a desk, a painting of a farm behind him, and his right hand resting on one of his books, Buffalo Sacred & Sacrificed. Of all his books, why should MacEwan’s students pay attention to this one? No matter which word you use for these animals, you can not deny the species’ history and importance to the land that supports our university and Turtle Island. Published in 1995 by the Alberta Sport,...
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