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My Name Is Seepeetza

Shirley Sterling
My Name Is Seepeetza Book PDF

Author : Shirley Sterling
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773068848

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An honest look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it — 30th anniversary edition. Seepeetza loves living on Joyaska Ranch with her family. But when she is six years old, she is driven to the town of Kalamak, in the interior of British Columbia. Seepeetza will spend the next several years of her life at an Indian residential school. The nuns call her Martha and cut her hair. Worst of all, she is forbidden to “talk Indian,” even with her sisters and cousins. Still, Seepeetza looks for bright spots — the cookie she receives at Halloween, the dance practices. Most of all, there are her memories of holidays back at the ranch — camping trips, horseback riding, picking berries and cleaning fish with her mother, aunt and grandmother. Always, thoughts of home make school life bearable. Based on her own experiences at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, this powerful novel by Nlaka’pamux author Shirley Sterling is a moving account of one of the most blatant expressions of racism in the history of Canada. Includes a new afterword by acclaimed Cree author Tomson Highway of the Barren Lands First Nation in northern Manitoba. Key Text Features afterword dialogue journal entries maps Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.

They Called Me Number One

Bev Sellars
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Author : Bev Sellars
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography
ISBN : 0889227411

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Xat'sull Chief Bev Sellars spent her childhood in a church-run residential school whose aim it was to "civilize" Native children through Christian teachings, forced separation from family and culture, and discipline. In addition, beginning at the age of five, Sellars was isolated for two years at Coqualeetza Indian Turberculosis Hospital in Sardis, British Columbia, nearly six hours' drive from home. The trauma of these experiences has reverberated throughout her life. The first full-length memoir to be published out of St. Joseph's Mission at Williams Lake, BC, Sellars tells of three generations of women who attended the school, interweaving the personal histories of her grandmother and her mother with her own. She tells of hunger, forced labour, and physical beatings, often with a leather strap, and also of the demand for conformity in a culturally alien institution where children were confined and denigrated for failure to be White and Roman Catholic. Like 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 offences 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.

Shi-shi-etko

Nicola Campbell
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Author : Nicola Campbell
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773062976

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Shi-shi-etko by Nicola Campbell Pdf

Winner of the Anskohk Aboriginal Children's Book of the Year Award. Finalist for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Ruth Schwartz Award In just four days young Shi-shi-etko will have to leave her family and all that she knows to attend residential school. She spends her last days at home treasuring the beauty of her world -- the dancing sunlight, the tall grass, each shiny rock, the tadpoles in the creek, her grandfather's paddle song. Her mother, father and grandmother, each in turn, share valuable teachings that they want her to remember. And so Shi-shi-etko carefully gathers her memories for safekeeping. Richly hued illustrations complement this gently moving and poetic account of a child who finds solace all around her, even though she is on the verge of great loss -- a loss that Indigenous Peoples have endured for generations because of the residential schools system. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

Who Runs This Country, Anyway?

Joanne Stanbridge
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Author : Joanne Stanbridge
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9781443142991

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Who Runs This Country, Anyway? by Joanne Stanbridge Pdf

This fun- and fact-filled guide to Canada's government gets an update just in time for the Federal Election! In this easy-to-read, information-packed book, a comical duo (a keener student and her offbeat sidekick) guide readers through Canada's electoral and governing process. Nine chapters take the reader through topics like Confederation, federalism, monarchy, elections and voting, minority and majority governments, a day in the House of Commons -- plus updated items on Senate Reform and new legislation like the Fair Election act. Jam-packed with interesting photos and zany sections (like the ones that tell kids how to stump an adult!), Who Runs This Country, Anyway? takes a unique approach to this curriculum subject. It's perfect for teachers and students, future politicians, and anyone studying for the citizenship test!

The Rough-Face Girl

Rafe Martin
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Author : Rafe Martin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1992-04-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781524740788

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The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin Pdf

From Algonquin Indian folklore comes one of the most haunting, powerful versions of the Cinderella tale ever told. In a village by the shores of Lake Ontario lived an invisible being. All the young women wanted to marry him because he was rich, powerful, and supposedly very handsome. But to marry the invisible being the women had to prove to his sister that they had seen him. And none had been able to get past the sister's stern, all-knowing gaze. Then came the Rough-Face girl, scarred from working by the fire. Could she succeed where her beautiful, cruel sisters had failed?

No Time to Say Goodbye

Sylvia Olsen,Rita Morris,Ann Sam
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Author : Sylvia Olsen,Rita Morris,Ann Sam
Publisher : Sono NIS Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1550391216

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No Time to Say Goodbye by Sylvia Olsen,Rita Morris,Ann Sam Pdf

A fictional account of five children sent to aboriginal boarding school, based on the recollections of a number of Tsartlip First Nations people.

Runs With Courage

Joan M. Wolf
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Author : Joan M. Wolf
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781627539647

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Runs With Courage by Joan M. Wolf Pdf

Ten-year-old Four Winds is a young Lakota girl caught up in the changes brought about by her people's forced move to the reservation. Set in the Dakota Territory, it is the year 1880. Four Winds has been taken away from her family and brought to a boarding school run by whites. It is here she is taught English and learns how to assimilate into white culture. But soon she discovers that the teachers at this school are not interested in assimilation but rather in erasing her culture. On the reservation, Four Winds had to fight against starvation. Now she must fight to hold on to who she is.

Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox

Danielle Daniel
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Author : Danielle Daniel
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781554987511

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Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox by Danielle Daniel Pdf

In this introduction to the Anishinaabe tradition of totem animals, young children explain why they identify with different creatures such as a deer, beaver or moose. Delightful illustrations show the children wearing masks representing their chosen animal, while the few lines of text on each page work as a series of simple poems throughout the book. In a brief author’s note, Danielle Daniel explains the importance of totem animals in Anishinaabe culture and how they can also act as animal guides for young children seeking to understand themselves and others.

You Hold Me Up

Monique Gray Smith
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Author : Monique Gray Smith
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781459814493

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You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith Pdf

Encourage children to show love and support for each other and to consider each other’s well-being in their everyday actions. Consultant, international speaker and award-winning author Monique Gray Smith wrote You Hold Me Up to prompt a dialogue among young people, their care providers and educators about reconciliation and the importance of the connections children make with others. With vibrant illustrations from celebrated artist Danielle Daniel, this is a foundational book about building relationships, fostering empathy and encouraging respect between peers, starting with our littlest citizens.

Kookum's Red Shoes

Peter Eyvindson
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Author : Peter Eyvindson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-24
Category : Cree Indians
ISBN : 1894717546

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Kookum's Red Shoes by Peter Eyvindson Pdf

The legacy of the residential schools is conveyed with respect and imagination in this illustrated story for young readers. As the elderly Kookum remembers the experiences in her youth that changed her life forever, we see what was lost in her life, and how goodness persisted.

My Name is Seepeetza

Anonim
My Name is Seepeetza Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1091224649

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My Name is Seepeetza by Anonim Pdf

At six years old, Seepeetza is taken from her happy family life on Joyaska Ranch to live as a boarder at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Life at the school is not easy, but Seepeetza still manages to find some bright spots. Always, thoughts of home make her school life bearable. An honest, inside look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it.

Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing

Tomson Highway
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Author : Tomson Highway
Publisher : Fifth House Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1897252838

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Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing by Tomson Highway Pdf

Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing tells another story of the mythical Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve, also the setting for Tomson Highway's award winning play The Rez Sisters. Wherein The Rez Sisters the focus was on seven Wasy" women and the game of bingo, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing features seven "Wasy" men and the game of hockey. It is a fast-paced story of tragedy, comedy, and hope.

As Long as the Rivers Flow

Larry Loyie,Constance Brissenden
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Author : Larry Loyie,Constance Brissenden
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773065557

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As Long as the Rivers Flow by Larry Loyie,Constance Brissenden Pdf

Winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction From the mid-1800s to the late 1990s, the education of Indigenous children was taken on by various churches in government-sponsored residential schools. More than 150,000 children were forcibly taken from their families in order to erase their traditional languages and cultures. As Long as the Rivers Flow is the story of Larry Loyie’s last traditional summer before entering residential school. It is a time of adventure and learning from his Elders. He cares for an abandoned baby owl, watches his kokom (grandmother) make winter moccasins, and helps his family prepare for summer camp, where he will pick berries, fish and swim. While searching for medicine plants in the bush with Kokom, he encounters a giant grizzly bear. Gently but truthfully written, the book captivates its readers and reveals a hidden history. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

The Witness Blanket

Carey Newman,Kirstie Hudson
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Author : Carey Newman,Kirstie Hudson
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781459836143

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The Witness Blanket by Carey Newman,Kirstie Hudson Pdf

For more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada. Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure that history is never forgotten. The Blanket is a living work of art—a collection of hundreds of objects from those schools. It includes everything from photos, bricks, hockey skates, graduation certificates, dolls and piano keys to braids of hair. Behind every piece is a story. And behind every story is a residential school Survivor, including Carey's father. This book is a collection of truths about what happened at those schools, but it's also a beacon of hope and a step on the journey toward reconciliation.

Shin-chi's Canoe

Nicola Campbell
Shin chi s Canoe Book PDF

Author : Nicola Campbell
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773065571

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Shin-chi's Canoe by Nicola Campbell Pdf

Winner of the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and finalist for the Governor General's Award: Children's Illustration This moving sequel to the award-winning Shi-shi-etko tells the story of two children's experience at residential school. Shi-shi-etko is about to return for her second year, but this time her six-year-old brother, Shin-chi, is going, too. As they begin their journey in the back of a cattle truck, Shi-shi-etko tells her brother all the things he must remember: the trees, the mountains, the rivers and the salmon. Shin-chi knows he won't see his family again until the sockeye salmon return in the summertime. When they arrive at school, Shi-shi-etko gives him a tiny cedar canoe, a gift from their father. The children's time is filled with going to mass, school for half the day, and work the other half. The girls cook, clean and sew, while the boys work in the fields, in the woodshop and at the forge. Shin-chi is forever hungry and lonely, but, finally, the salmon swim up the river and the children return home for a joyful family reunion.