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No time to say goodbye : children's stories of Kuper Island Residential School Cover Image Book Book

No time to say goodbye : children's stories of Kuper Island Residential School

Olsen, Sylvia 1955- (author.). Morris, Rita, (author.). Sam, Ann, (author.). Paul, Connie, (illustrator.).

Summary: "A fictional account of five children sent to aboriginal boarding school, based on the recollections of a number of Tsartlip First Nations people. The children are taken by government agents from Tsartlip Day School to live at Kuper Island Residential School. They experience the pain of homesickness and confusion while trying to adjust to a completely different world, in which their language and cultural practices are forbidden. In spite of teh harsh realities of residential school, the children find adventure in escape, challenge in competition, and camaraderie with fellow students." --back cover

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  • ISBN: 9781550391213
  • ISBN: 1550391216
  • Physical Description: print
    186 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press, [2001]

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General Note:
Illustrations by Connie Paul.
Cover illustration by Julia Bell. Interior illustrations by Connie Paul.

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Subject: Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction
History -- Juvenile fiction
Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Juvenile fiction
Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Residential schools -- Juvenile fiction
Coast Salish Indians -- Education -- Juvenile fiction
Schools -- British Columbia -- Juvenile fiction
Genre: Children's stories.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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Lansdowne Library PS 8579 L728 N6 2001 (Text) 26040003275373 Main Collection Volume hold Available -
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