Towards a Prairie Atonement

Trevor Herriot is an award-winning author and a naturalist. Married with four children, Trevor and his wife, Karen, have a home in Regina, Saskatchewan, and a small cabin in the Aspen Parkland prairie south of Indian Head.

Contents Map Timeline of Events Acknowledgements Part 1: One Tent Peg to Share Part 2: On the Sand Plains Part 3: A Pasture to Share A Small Good Thing: An Afterword Notes References

"Impassioned." -Globe and Mail "Towards a Prairie Atonement is ultimately a call to action and a testimonial to the power of amends." -Toronto Star "Herriot's writing sweeps across the page with the same breadth of the prairie he loves.... By book's end, Towards a Prairie Atonement becomes an important call to action for increased prairie conservation and more communal land use." -Foreword Reviews "Explores the psychogeography of the grasslands of the Aspen Parkland in Saskatchewan. More than just a recounting of history, Towards a Prairie Atonement is a call to action for author and reader alike." -World Literature Today "A call to enter into a new relationship with the prairie environment and with the peoples left behind by the gods of profit-driven development." -Prairie Messenger "[Herriot] has a strong naturalist bent and writes in illuminating detail about what he sees and hears on the ground, and about what has been lost." -Dennis Gruending, The Catalyst "Herriot argues for a system based on the Metis commons, a way that combines European and Indigenous practices in land that is both private and public." -Prairies North "Beautifully written, thoroughly persuasive, and a much-needed argument for the preservation of our remaining prairie, Towards a Prairie Atonement may well take its place among classics about the Western plains." -Sharon Butala "A brave, heart-breaking book in its unflinching analysis of government policy, colonial violence, and corporate greed." -Lorna Crozier "A sensitive, layered introspective on truth and reconciliation, this book guides us through an examination of 200 years of Metis residence on the prairie--land use, loss of the commons, displacement and subsequent conservation issues. It challenges us to re-examine our stewardship responsibilities for the Aspen Parkland and our relationships with Indigenous people." -Lawrence J. Barkwell, Louis Riel Institute, and author of The Battle of Seven Oaks: A Metis Perspective