ISBN

9780888873750; 0888873751

Statement of Responsibility

Alice Blondin-Perrin.

Publication Information

Ottawa, Ont. : Borealis Press

Physical Description

xii, 206 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (page 206).
First Nations author.

Contents

While I took my first step into residential school in 1952 -- Introduction -- First steps (before residential school) -- Entering St. Joseph's Mission School -- Using numbers instead of our names -- Learning routine -- Forcing the "Indian" out of us -- St. Joseph's Mission School residence -- Every day I lived in fear of the Grey Nun supervisors -- Seeing an apparition -- Another phenomenon -- Hospital stay -- My friends -- Activities to keep us busy -- Special church ceremonies -- Making toffee, a native tradition -- Mission Island log house gatherings -- For six summers I stayed for unknown reasons -- My parents' visit -- Schooling -- Move to Breynat Hall during the Christmas break -- My first trip home after six years of confinement -- Learning more about Native values and traditions -- To Yellowknife, and what and experience it was -- Back to Breynat Hall during residential school -- Honour our ways to heal government -- Lapointe Hall residential school and walking away -- Roman Catholic Grey Nuns and priests -- Community observations -- Third phenomenon -- Dysfunctional patterns -- Social behaviour I learned from my parents -- Aboriginal leadership -- The government and the Indian Act -- Dene medicine power -- Long-term effects of abuse -- Twist of faith -- Use the higher power to heal -- Resources to help -- Overview -- Conclusions -- References.