Alice Masak French (June 29, 1930 – July 5, 2013) was an

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author who lived in Souris,

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, Canada. An

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, she was born at

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in the Northwest Territories. Her work focuses on the experiences of Inuit women, and discusses the struggle to hold on to Native tradition. Her ''My Name is Masak'' (1976; translated into French as ''Je m'appelle Masak'', 1979) is an autobiographical story about her youth in a boarding school, while ''The Restless Nomad'' (1992) continues the story up until she moves to

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.French, Alice Masak
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References

Sources

Biography of Alice Masak French
on Inuit.uqam.ca. *Kratzert, M. "Native American Literature: Expanding the Canon", ''Collection Building'' Vol. 17, 1, 1998, p. 4 * Watson, C. "Autobiographical Writing as a Healing Process: Interview with Alice Masak French. Canadian Literature/Litterature canadienne, Number 167, Winter 2006, 32-44. 1930 births 2013 deaths Inuvialuit people Canadian autobiographers Canadian Inuit women Writers from Manitoba Inuit writers Women autobiographers 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers 20th-century Canadian women writers People from Souris, Manitoba Writers from the Northwest Territories Inuit from the Northwest Territories Canadian women non-fiction writers {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub