These are my words : the residential school diary of Violet Pesheens /
By: Slipperjack, Ruby [author.]
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Contributor(s): Indigenous Resources Collection.
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BookSeries: Dear Canada: Publisher: Toronto : Scholastic Canada Ltd., 2016Description: 186 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781443133180 (hardback).Subject(s): Indigenous girls -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction | Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools -- Juvenile fictionDDC classification: J FICTION Summary: "Twelve-year-old Violet Pesheens is taken away to Residential School in 1966. The diary recounts her experiences of travelling there, the first day, and first months, focusing on the everyday life she experiences--the school routine, battles with Cree girls, being quarantined over Christmas, getting home at Easter and reuniting with her family. When the time comes to gather at the train station for the trip back to the residential school, her mother looks her in the eye and asks, "Do you want to go back, or come with us to the trapline?" Violet knows the choice she must make."--Provided by publisher.
| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books | Manitoba School for the Deaf Library | 813/.54/SLI (Browse shelf) | Available | 018961 |
"Twelve-year-old Violet Pesheens is taken away to Residential School in 1966. The diary recounts her experiences of travelling there, the first day, and first months, focusing on the everyday life she experiences--the school routine, battles with Cree girls, being quarantined over Christmas, getting home at Easter and reuniting with her family. When the time comes to gather at the train station for the trip back to the residential school, her mother looks her in the eye and asks, "Do you want to go back, or come with us to the trapline?" Violet knows the choice she must make."--Provided by publisher.
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