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They called me number one : secrets and survival at an Indian residential school / Bev Sellars.
Like most 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 offenses 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780889227415
- ISBN: 0889227411
- Physical Description: xx, 227 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada : Talonbooks, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Foreword / Hemas Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla (Chief Bill Wilson) -- Preface: What pain have you suffered? -- My grandmother and others before me -- Sardis Hospital = Loneliness -- St. Joseph's Mission = Prison -- I get religion but what did it mean? -- The body was no temple -- A few good memories -- Pain, bullying, but also pleasure -- Home sweet home -- Summer of '67 -- Life on the reserve -- One day I realized I had survived -- Becoming a leader -- Going to university -- Final thoughts -- Afterword / Wendy Wickwire.
- Additional Physical Form available Note:
- Also issued in electronic format.
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Available copies
- 1 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 96.6 .S154 S44 2013 | 281577 | Stacks | Checked out | 05/07/2014 |
| Lummi Library | E 96.6 .S154 S45 2013 | 289675 | Stacks | Available | - |