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In this graphic novel, Jenny returns to her community after living in the city with her aunt and uncle. While visiting family, she has a series of painful flashbacks to when she was a little girl. Jenny?s story is one girl?s struggle. But many youth will be able to relate to events in her young lif…

Author: Keewatin Sanderson, Steven

Publisher: Indigenous Story Studio

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: graphic novel; 48 p.

Subject: Foster Care; Substance Abuse; Aboriginal Health

Abstract: In this graphic novel, Jenny returns to her community after living in the city with her aunt and uncle. While visiting family, she has a series of painful flashbacks to when she was a little girl. Jenny?s story is one girl?s struggle. But many youth will be able to relate to events in her young life.

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Call Number: YOUTH GE 500 KEE 2011

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BC Children's and Women's Family Library

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The education of Augie Merasty: A residential school memoir

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Merasty, Joseph Auguste, Carpenter, David. Sakatchewan, SK: University of Regina Press , 2017.

Material Type: Book

Call Number: GN 400 MER 2017

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

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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Up Ghost River: A chief's journey through the turbulent waters of Native history

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Metatawabin, Edmund, Shimo, Alexandra. [Toronto, ON]: Vintage Canada , 2014.

Material Type: Book

Call Number: GN 400 MET 2014

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

A powerful, raw and eloquent memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s, the resulting trauma, and the spirit he rediscovered within himself and his community through traditional spirituality and knowledge. Foreword by Joseph Boyd…

Author: Metatawabin, Edmund; Shimo, Alexandra

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Vintage Canada

Publication Date: 2014

Physical Description: Softcover; 352 p.

Subject: Aboriginal Health; Trauma Survivors; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Alcoholism Recovery

Abstract: A powerful, raw and eloquent memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s, the resulting trauma, and the spirit he rediscovered within himself and his community through traditional spirituality and knowledge. Foreword by Joseph Boyden.