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Weaving histories
Bracken Hanuse Corlett, Thunderbird Transformer, 2014, still image from live-visual performance, courtesy the artist and The Polygon Gallery

Weaving histories
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

2015
Book
Creators
Hart, Sydney; Little, Clay
Contributors
Little, Clay
Description
"This publication addresses the legacy of Canada's Indian residential schools through visual art and writing. The book is the conclusion and culmination of the Response program, an education outreach program organised by First Nations Student Services at Capilano University in partnership with the Presentation House Gallery, both in North Vancouver"--provided by publisher.

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Holding Library
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
ISBN
9780920293959; 0920293956
Publication Information
North Vancouver, BC : Presentation House Gallery
Physical Description
61 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Notes
"Response Program, First Nations Student Services at Capilano University, Presentation House Gallery"-- title page.
Editors: Sydney Hart and Clay Little.
Contents
Introduction / Sydney Hart and Clay Little -- Remembering residential school / Tarah Hogue -- On Joane Cardinal Schubert's The lesson / Reg Johanson -- Gitsegukla series / George Lawson -- Ruminations on indigenous education / Maureen Black -- I am Mohawk / Clay Little -- On walking with our sisters / Marilyn Carpenter -- Journeys / Cathy Busby -- Biographies.
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