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2020., General, Levine Querido Call No: 921 GAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among Tuscaroras, of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who balances multiple worlds. Eric shatters that slur and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking." -- Inside front jacket flap.
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2021., Juvenile, Medicine Wheel Education Inc. Call No: 371.8 WEB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2019]., Juvenile, Medicine Wheel Education Inc. Call No: 371.8 WEB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When Phyllis was a little girl, she was excited to go to residential school for the first time. Her Granny bought her a shiny orange shirt that she loved and wore to school for her first day. When she arrived at the school, this shirt was taken away from her and never returned. This is both Phyllis Webstad's true story and the story behind Orange Shirt Day, which is a day for all Canadians to reflect upon the treatment of First Nations peoples and the message that 'Every Child Matters.'" -- Back cover.
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[2021]., Juvenile, HighWater Press Call No: NL GN ROB Edition: Tenth anniversary edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "From Governor-General's Award-winning writer David A. Robertson comes this special edition of the timeless graphic novel that introduced the world to the awe-inspiring resilience of Betty Ross, and shared her story of strength, family, and culture. A school assignment to interview a residential school survivor leads Daniel to Betsy, who tells him her story. Abandoned as a young child, Betsy was soon adopted into a loving family. A few short years later, at the age of 8, everything changed. Betsy was taken away to a residential school. There she was forced to endure abuse and indignity, but Betsy recalled the words her father spoke to her at Sugar Falls--words that gave her the resilience, strength, and determination to survive. Sugar Falls is based on the true story of Betty Ross, Elder from Cross Lake First Nation. We wish to acknowledge, with the utmost gratitude, Betty's generosity in sharing her story. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Sugar Falls goes to support the bursary program for The Helen Betty Osborne Memorial Foundation. This 10th-anniversary edition brings David A. Robertson's national bestseller to life in full colour, with a foreword by Senator Murray Sinclair, Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and a touching afterword from Elder Betty Ross herself"--
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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.
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2022., General, Orca Books Publishers Call No: 371.82 BLA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes items from every residential school in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them."--
