As Long as the Rivers Flow: A Last Summer Before Residential School Residential Schools At the end of the

At the end of the nineteenth century

a section of colour plates

Larry Loyie has written a compelling story for children about the lifestyle of Cree people during the mid-twentieth century

archaeological evidence

women and children taken by a variety of photographers from the 1860s to around 1950

As Long as the Rivers Flow: A Last Summer Before Residential School Residential Schools At the end of theAs Long as the Rivers Flow: A Last Summer Before Residential School is a poignant story for children about the joyous summer spent in northern Alberta in 1944. The story focuses on the daily routine of a ten year old Cree boy named Lawrence. His days are filled with family activities and personal adventures. At the beginning of summer Lawrence overhears the adults talking about how the children would have to attend a school far away and that this