They called me Number One : secrets and survival at an Indian residential school / Bev Sellars
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TextPublisher: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada : Talonbooks, [2013]Copyright date: �2013Description: xx, 227 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780889227415 (pbk.); 0889227411Subject(s): Sellars, Bev, 1955- | Sellars, Bev, 1955- -- Family | St. Joseph's Mission (Williams Lake, B.C.) -- History | Shuswap First Nations -- History -- Education -- British Columbia -- Williams Lake | Off-reservation boarding schools -- British Columbia | Residential schools. -- British Columbia | Shuswap First Nations -- BiographyGenre/Form: Biographies. Summary: 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 offences of Bishop Hubert O'Connor, which took place during Sellars's student days, between 1962 and 1967, when O'Connor was the school principal. After the school's closure, those who had been forced to attend came from surrounding reserves and smashed windows, tore doors and cabinets from the wall, and broke anything that could be broken. Overnight their anger turned a site of shameful memory into a pile of rubble. In this frank and poignant memoir, Sellars breaks her silence about the institution's lasting effects, and eloquently articulates her own path to healing.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books & Reports | BCACCS Resource Centre Regular | W40 S46 T44 2013 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 1 | Available | T 2535 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 offences of Bishop Hubert O'Connor, which took place during Sellars's student days, between 1962 and 1967, when O'Connor was the school principal. After the school's closure, those who had been forced to attend came from surrounding reserves and smashed windows, tore doors and cabinets from the wall, and broke anything that could be broken. Overnight their anger turned a site of shameful memory into a pile of rubble. In this frank and poignant memoir, Sellars breaks her silence about the institution's lasting effects, and eloquently articulates her own path to healing.
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