They called me number one : secrets and survival at an Indian residential school - Northwest Indian College

Enlarge cover image for They called me number one : secrets and survival at an Indian residential school / Bev Sellars.

Book

They called me number one : secrets and survival at an Indian residential school / Bev Sellars.

Sellars, Bev, 1955- (author.).

Summary:

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.

Search for related items by subject

Available copies

1 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

0 current holds with 2 total copies.

Place Hold Add to basket Remove from basket View Basket Print Email Permalink Disable Highlighting

Show Only Available Copies

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	-

► Summaries & More

► Awards, Reviews, & Suggested Reads

► Shelf Browser

▼ MARC Record

LDR	05189cam a2200889 i 4500
001	33784
003	NWIC
005	20190313175830.0
008	130306t20132013bccabc b 001 0aeng
040		.	‡aNLC ‡beng ‡erda ‡cNLC ‡dBDX ‡dYDXCP ‡dK6U ‡dZGH ‡dCDX ‡dBWX ‡dLHU ‡dTOH ‡dBTCTA ‡dNDS ‡dUSD ‡dCSAIL ‡dMNX ‡dCNGRE ‡dJE1 ‡dNLC ‡dWRF ‡dOCLCO ‡dOCLCF ‡dUOK ‡dFXR ‡dOCLCO ‡dOCLCA ‡dTFW ‡dOCLCO
015		.	‡a2013901103X ‡2can
015		.	‡aC2013901103X
016		.	‡a(AMICUS)000041651052
016		.	‡a2013901103X
019		.	‡a812258760 ‡a851564242
020		.	‡a9780889227415
020		.	‡a0889227411
035		.	‡a(OCoLC)829421924 ‡z(OCoLC)812258760 ‡z(OCoLC)851564242
043		.	‡an-cn-bc
050		4.	‡aE96.5 ‡bS45 2013
055	0	2.	‡aE96.6*
055		0.	‡aE96.6 S154 ‡bS44 2013
082	0	4.	‡a371.829/97943 ‡223
084		.	‡acci1icc ‡2lacc
084		.	‡acoll13 ‡2lacc
100	1	.	‡aSellars, Bev, ‡d1955- ‡eauthor.
245	1	0.	‡aThey called me number one : ‡bsecrets and survival at an Indian residential school / ‡cBev Sellars.
264		1.	‡aVancouver, British Columbia, Canada : ‡bTalonbooks, ‡c[2013]
264		4.	‡c©2013
300		.	‡axx, 227 pages : ‡billustrations, map, portraits ; ‡c22 cm.
336		.	‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337		.	‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338		.	‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
504		.	‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
530		.	‡aAlso issued in electronic format.
505	0	.	‡aForeword / 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.
520		.	‡aLike 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.
600	1	0.	‡aSellars, Bev, ‡d1955-
600	1	0.	‡aSellars, Bev, ‡d1955- ‡xFamily.
610	2	0.	‡aSt. Joseph's Mission (Williams Lake, B.C.) ‡xHistory.
650		0.	‡aShuswap Indians ‡xEducation ‡zBritish Columbia ‡zWilliams Lake ‡xHistory.
650		5.	‡aIndians of North America ‡zBritish Columbia ‡xResidential schools.
650		0.	‡aShuswap Indians ‡vBiography.
650		0.	‡aShuswap Indians ‡xCrimes against.
650		7.	‡aFamilies. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01728849
650		7.	‡aShuswap Indians. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01117922
650		7.	‡aShuswap Indians ‡xEducation. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01117923
651		7.	‡aBritish Columbia ‡zWilliams Lake. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01221760
655		4.	‡aFirst Nations ‡xResidential schools ‡zBritish Columbia ‡zWilliams Lake.
655		4.	‡aFirst Nations ‡vBiography.
655		4.	‡aFirst Nations ‡xResidential schools ‡xImpact.
655		4.	‡aFirst Nations ‡xHospitals ‡zBritish Columbia ‡zCoqualeetza.
655		7.	‡aAutobiographies. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01919894
655		7.	‡aBiography. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01423686
655		7.	‡aHistory. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01411628
776	0	.	‡aSellars, Bev, 1955- ‡tThey called me number one. ‡dVancouver : Talonbooks, 2013. ‡w(CaOONL)20139011048
938		.	‡aYBP Library Services ‡bYANK ‡n9798464
938		.	‡aCoutts Information Services ‡bCOUT ‡n23636326
938		.	‡aBaker and Taylor ‡bBTCP ‡nBK0012279614
938		.	‡aBrodart ‡bBROD ‡n104150335
938		.	‡aBlackwell Book Service ‡bBBUS ‡n9798464
029	1	.	‡aNZ1 ‡b14799268
029	1	.	‡aCHVBK ‡b312559399
029	1	.	‡aCHBIS ‡b010038310
029	0	.	‡aNLC ‡b000041651052
994		.	‡aZ0 ‡bWANIC
948		.	‡hNO HOLDINGS IN WANIC - 224 OTHER HOLDINGS
901		.	‡aocn829421924 ‡bOCoLC ‡c33784 ‡tbiblio