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Image courtesy of Scholastic Canada
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These are my words : the residential school diary of Violet Pesheens
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

2016
Book > Children's Book
Creators
Slipperjack, Ruby
Description
"Violet Pesheens is struggling to adjust to her new life at residential school. She misses her Grandma; she has run-ins with Cree girls; at her "white" school, everyone just stares; and everything she brought has been taken from her, including her name she is now just a number. But worst of all, she has a fear. A fear of forgetting the things she treasures most: her Anishnabe language; the names of those she knew before; and her traditional customs. A fear of forgetting who she was. Her notebook is the one place she can record all of her worries, and heartbreaks, and memories. And maybe, just maybe there will be hope at the end of the tunnel"--publisher.
Language
English

More Information

ISBN
9781443133180; 1443133183
Statement of Responsibility
by Ruby Slipperjack.
Publication Information
Toronto, Ontario : Scholastic Canada Ltd.
Physical Description
186 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
Notes
Series: Dear Canada.
"Northern Ontario, 1966"--Cover.
Issued also in electronic format. 
Includes illustrations and map.
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