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[2018], Juvenile, 45th Parallel Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Explores the true survival story of Inuit woman Ada Blackjack, who went on an expedition to Wrangel Island and became a castaway, but survived in the frigid clime of Alaska.
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c2010., Juvenile, Annick Press ; Distributed in hte U.S.A. by Firefly Books Call No: B FEN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Margaret Pokiak-Fenton provides an account of her time in an all-girls school, during which she was forced to endure the machinations of the Raven, a nun who took an instant disliking to her. Pokiak-Fenton discusses how she was able to retain her Inuit identity against all odds while receiving the education she had always wanted. Includes black-and-white photographs.
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[2020]., Pre-adolescent, Annick Press Call No: 371.829 Edition: 10th anniversary ed. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Margaret Pokiak-Fenton tells the story of her experiences as an eight-year-old Inuit girl in a church-run school in Aklavik, Canada, where her strong will made her the target of a mean-spirited nun.
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2016., Adolescent, Chicago Review Press Call No: Biography NF CAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: "In 1921, four men ventured into the Arctic for a top-secret expedition: an attempt to claim uninhabited Wrangel Island in northern Siberia for Canada. With the men was a young Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack, who had signed on as cook and seamstress to earn money to care for her sick son. Conditions soon turned dire for the team when they were unable to kill enough game to survive. Three of the men tried to cross the frozen Chukchi Sea for help but were never seen again, leaving Ada with one remaining team member who soon died of scurvy. Determined to be reunited with her son, Ada learned to survive alone in the icy world by trapping foxes, catching seals, and avoiding polar bears. After she was finally rescued in August 1923, after two years total on the island, Ada became a celebrity, with newspapers calling her a real "female Robinson Crusoe.""--Provided by publisher.
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©2011., Juvenile, Annick Press Call No: 971.23 FEN Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Looks at the experiences of a young Inuit girl returning from a residential religious school, where she is not recognized by her mother and is seen as an outsider.
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c2011., Juvenile, Annick Press Call No: B JOR Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Looks at the experiences of a young Inuit girl returning from a residential religious school, where she is not recognized by her mother and is seen as an outsider.
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[2013], Annick Press ; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Firefly Books Call No: E POK Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Eight-year-old Olemaun begs her father to allow her to leave her Arctic home and attend school in order to learn to read. At school the nuns take away her Inuit name, cut off her braids, and force her to do manual labor. But brave Olemaun stands tall and teaches herself to read in spite of the meanness of those around her.
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[2013]., Juvenile, Annick Press Call No: 371.8 JOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: This book chronicles the unbreakable spirit of an Inuit girl while attending an Arctic residential school.
