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They called me number one : secrets and survival at an Indian
residential school (35874) |
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| | Physical
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Illustrated; 227 pages
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2013
| | Distributor
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Talonbooks
(1481)
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Junior High, Senior High (JS)
| | Collection
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Professional Library
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| | Synopsis
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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 offenses of
Bishop Hubert O'Connor, which took place during Sellars's student
days, between 1962 and 1967, when O'Connor was the school principal.
In this frank and poignant memoir, Sellars breaks her silence about
the institution's lasting effects, and eloquently articulates her own
path to healing.
| | Author
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Sellars, Bev
| | Dimensions
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22 cm.
| ISBN#
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9780889227415
| | Pub. Loc.
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Vancouver
| | Notes
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Foreword by Hemas Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla (Bill Wilson) ; afterword
by Wendy Wickwire.
| | Parts
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xx, 227 p.
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Bev Sellars.
| | TitleVartn
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Number one
| | Subjects
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Truth and Reconciliation(CK);
First Nations—History;
First Nations—Residential schools;
Secwepemc (First Nations people)—History;
Secwepemc (First Nations people)—Biography;
Williams Lake (B.C.)
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371.829 SEL
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