Finding my talk : how fourteen Native women reclaimed their lives after residential school

Grant, Agnes 1933- (author.).

Summary: "When residential schools opened in the 1830s, First Nations envisioned their own teachers, ministers, and interpreters. Instead, students were regularly forced to renounce their cultures and languages and some were subjected to degradations and abuses that left severe emotional scars for generations. In Finding My Talk, fourteen aboriginal women who attended residential schools, or were affected by them, reflect on their experiences. They describe their years in residential schools across Canada and how they overcame tremendous obstacles to become strong and independent members of aboriginal cultures and valuable members of Canadian society." --

Record details

ISBN: 1894856570 :
ISBN: 9781894856577 (softcover) :
Physical Description: 211 pages ; 23 cm
print
Publisher: Calgary : Fifth House, [2004]
Copyright: ©2004

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (page 210).

Formatted Contents Note:

Eleanor Brass, Cree, Saskatchewan -- Ida Wasacase, Cree/Saulteaux, Saskatchewan -- Rita Joe, Mi'kmaq, Nova Scotia -- Alice French, Inuit, Northwest Territories -- Sister Dorothy Moore, Mi'kmaq, Nova Scotia -- Shirley Sterling, Nlakapmux, British Columbia -- Marjorie Gould, Mi'kmaq, Nova Scotia -- Doris Pratt, Dakota, Manitoba -- Edith Dalla Costa, mixed blood, Alberta -- Bernice Touchie, Nuu-chah-nulth, British Columbia -- Mary Cardinal Collins, Métis, Alberta -- Elizabeth Bear, Cree, Manitoba -- Sara and Beverly Sabourin, Ojibway, Ontario