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2018., Primary, Albert Whitman & Company Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: At boarding school, as a young boy, Chester Nez was taught that his native Navajo language was useless. During World War II, he was recruited to use that language to create an unbreakable military code.
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-- Navajo code talker's story2018., Primary, Albert Whitman & Company Call No: 940.54 BRU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "As a boy, Chester Nez was taught his native language and culture were useless, but he was later called on to use his Navajo language to help create an unbreakable military code during WWII"-- Provided by publisher.
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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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©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.