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The education of Augie Merasty : a residential school memoir
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| | Physical
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Illustrated
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Professional Library
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| | Synopsis
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"Now a retired fisherman and trapper, 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
assimiliation.' As Merasty recounts, these schools did more than
attempt to mold children in the ways of white society. They were
taught to be ashamed of their native heritage and, as he experienced,
often suffered physical and sexual abuse. Even as he looks back on
this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's generous and authentic
voice shines through."—From publisher.
| | Author
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Merasty, Joseph Auguste
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Carpenter, David
| | Dimensions
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17 cm
| ISBN#
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9780889773684 (bound)
| | Notes
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Keywords: Cultural assimilation, St. Therese Residential
School at Sturgeon Landing.
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xxxvii
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Joseph Auguste Merasty, with David Carpenter.
| | Subjects
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Adult child abuse victims—Biography;
Cree (First Nations people)—Biography;
First Nations—Biography;
First Nations—Residential schools—Biography;
Métis—Biography;
Métis—Residential schools;
Carpenter, David,—1941—-author(A)
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371.829 MER
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