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Description:This memoir offers a courageous and intimate chronicle of life in a residential school.Now a retired fisherman and trapper, the author was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government- funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of “aggressive assimilation.”As Augie Merasty recounts, these schools did more than attempt to mold children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their native heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse.But, even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty’s sense of humour and warm voice shine through.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir - New Edition (The Regina Collection, 16). To get started finding The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir - New Edition (The Regina Collection, 16), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This memoir offers a courageous and intimate chronicle of life in a residential school.Now a retired fisherman and trapper, the author was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government- funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of “aggressive assimilation.”As Augie Merasty recounts, these schools did more than attempt to mold children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their native heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse.But, even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty’s sense of humour and warm voice shine through.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir - New Edition (The Regina Collection, 16). To get started finding The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir - New Edition (The Regina Collection, 16), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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