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The boy from Buzwah : a life in Indian education /

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"Cecil King's remarkable memoir, from humble beginnings on a reservation to his unparalleled legacy to ensure Indian Control of Indian Education in Canada. Cecil King grew up in the small settlement of Buzwah, Ontario, situated on Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve on Manitoulin Island. Ki...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Cecil O., 1932- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, [2022]
Subjects:
King, Cecil O., > 1932-
Teachers > Canada > Biography.
Teacher educators > Canada > Biography.
Language teachers > Canada > Biography.
Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve (Ont.) > Biography.
First Nations > Canada > Biography.
First Nations > Education > Canada.
First Nations > Canada > Residential schools.
Enseignants > Canada > Biographies.
Language teachers.
Teachers.
Canada.
Ontario > Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve.
Autobiography
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Growing up with pa, mama, and Kohkwehns
  • Schooling at Buzwah
  • Life on the reserve
  • Residential school
  • Life after residential school
  • My career unfolds
  • Joining the revolution
  • Working for change
  • Moving on
  • Some of what I have learned.