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A courageous and intimate memoir, The Education of Augie Merasty is the story of a child who faced the dark heart of humanity, let loose by the cruel policies of a bigoted nation.; A retired fisherman and trapper who sometimes lived rough on the streets, Augie Merasty was one of an estimated 150,00…

Author: Merasty, Joseph Auguste; Carpenter, David

Place of Publication: Sakatchewan, SK

Publisher: University of Regina Press

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: Hardcover; 150 p.

Subject: Aboriginal Health; Trauma Survivors

Abstract: A courageous and intimate memoir, The Education of Augie Merasty is the story of a child who faced the dark heart of humanity, let loose by the cruel policies of a bigoted nation.; A retired fisherman and trapper who sometimes lived rough on the streets, Augie Merasty was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of aggressive assimilation.; As Augie recounts, these schools did more than attempt to mould children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse.; But even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's sense of humour and warm voice shine through.

ISBN: 9780889774575

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Call Number: GN 400 MER 2017

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