Like Native Children Forced By Law To Attend Schools Across Canada And The United States, Sellars And Other Students Of St. Joseph's Mission Were Allowed Home Only For Two Months In The Summer And For Two Weeks At Christmas. The Rest Of The Year They Lived, Worked, And Studied At The School. St. Joseph's Mission Is The Site Of The Controversial And Well-publicized Sex-related Offences Of Bishop Hubert O'connor, Which Took Place During Sellars's Student Days, Between 1962 And 1967, When O'connor Was The School Principal. After The School's Closure, Those Who Had Been Forced To Attend Came From Surrounding Reserves And Smashed Windows, Tore Doors And Cabinets From The Wall, And Broke Anything That Could Be Broken. Overnight Their Anger Turned A Site Of Shameful Memory Into A Pile Of Rubble. In This Frank And Poignant Memoir, Sellars Breaks Her Silence About The Institution's Lasting Effects, And Eloquently Articulates Her Own Path To Healing.--from Publisher's Website. Foreward / Hemas Kla-lee-lee-kla (chief Bill Wilson) -- Preface -- What Pain Have You Suffered? -- Chapter 1. My Grandmother And Others Before Me -- Chapter 2. Sardis Hospital = Loneliness -- Chapter 3. St. Joseph's Mission = Prison [williams Lake Indian Residential School, B.c. (williams Lake Industrial School) (cariboo, British Columbia) -- Chapter 4. I Got Religion But What Did It Mean? -- Chapter 5. The Body Was No Temple -- Chapter 6. A Few Good Memories -- Chapter 7. Pain, Bullying, But Also Pleasure -- Chapter 8. Home Sweet Home -- Chapter 9. Summer Of '67 -- Chapter 10. Life On The Reserve -- Chapter 11. One Day I Realized I Had Survived -- Chapter 12. Becoming A Leader -- Chapter 13. Going To University -- Chapter 14. Final Thoughts -- Afterword / Wendy Wickwire. Bev Sellars ; [foreword By Hemas Kla-lee-lee-kla (bill Wilson) ; Afterword By Wendy Wickwire]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Also Issued In Electronic Format.
Categories:
- Politics & Social Sciences
- Social Sciences
- Cultural & Ethnic Studies
- Indigenous Peoples
- Native American Studies
- Indigenous Peoples
- Cultural & Ethnic Studies
- Social Sciences
Publisher : Talonbooks
Author : Sellars, Bev
Language : English
Edition : Illustrated
Published :2012-04-15
Number Of Pages : 247
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0889227411
ISBN-13 : 9780889227415
Item weight : 0.8 lb
Dimensions : 0.79 in x 5.43 in x 8.35 in
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