Up Ghost River : a chief's journey through the turbulent waters of Native history /
In the 1950s, 7-year-old Edmund Metatawabin was separated from his family and placed in one of Canada's worst residential schools. St. Anne's, in northernn Ontario, is an institution now notorious for the range of punishments that staff and teachers inflicted on students. Years later, in s...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
Alfred A. Knopf Canada,
2014.
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| Summary: | In the 1950s, 7-year-old Edmund Metatawabin was separated from his family and placed in one of Canada's worst residential schools. St. Anne's, in northernn Ontario, is an institution now notorious for the range of punishments that staff and teachers inflicted on students. Years later, in seeking healing, Metatawabin participated in native cultural training workshops that emphasize the holistic approach to personhood at the heart of Cree culture. Now his mission is to help the next generation of residential school survivors. |
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| Item Description: | "Foreword by Joseph Boyden"--Cover. |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 316 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm. Issued also in electronic format. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and endnotes. |
| ISBN: | 9780307399878 0307399877 |