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They called me number one : secrets and survival at an Indian residential school

Sellars, Bev 1955- (author.).

Summary: In the first full-length memoir to be published out of St. Joseph's Mission at Williams Lake, British Columbia, Xat'sũll chief Bev Sellars tells of three generations of women who attended the school, interweaving 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.

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  • ISBN: 9780889227415 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    xx, 227 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : Talonbooks, 2013.

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General Note:
CatMonthString:july.14
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Foreward / Hemas Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla (Chief Bill Wilson) -- Preface - What pain have you suffered? -- Chapter 1 My grandmother and others before me -- Chapter 2 Sardis hospital = loneliness -- Chapter 3 St. Joseph's Mission = prison -- Chapter 4 I got religion but what did it mean? -- Chapter 5 The body was no temple -- Chapter 6 A few good memories -- Chapter 7 Pain, bullying, but also pleasure -- Chapter 8 Home sweet home -- Chapter 9 Summer of '67 -- Chapter 10 Life on the reserve -- Chapter 11 One day I realized I had survived -- Chapter 12 Becoming a leader -- Chapter 13 Going to university -- Chapter 14 Final thoughts -- Afterword / Wendy Wickwire.
Subject: Sellars, Bev -- 1955-
Sellars, Bev -- 1955- -- Family
St. Joseph's Mission (Williams Lake, B.C.) -- History
Shuswap Indians -- Biography
Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Residential schools
Shuswap Indians -- Crimes against
Shuswap Indians -- Education -- British Columbia -- Williams Lake -- History

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

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Emily Carr University of Art + Design E96.6 .S154 S44 2013 (Text) 30241544 Book Volume hold Available -

Foreword xiii
Hemas Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla
Preface What Pain Have You Suffered? xix
Acknowledgements
Illustrations
xxiii
Map of First Nations Attending St. Joseph's Mission
xxv
Six Generations 3(20)
Chapter 1 My Grandmother and Others Before Me
23(6)
Chapter 2 Sardis Hospital = Loneliness
29(14)
Chapter 3 St. Joseph's Mission = Prison
43(14)
Chapter 4 I Get Religion But What Did It Mean?
57(16)
Chapter 5 The Body Was No Temple
73(12)
Chapter 6 A Few Good Memories
85(16)
Chapter 7 Pain, Bullying, But Also Pleasure
101(14)
Chapter 8 Home Sweet Home
115(18)
Chapter 9 Summer of '67
133(12)
Chapter 10 Life on the Reserve
145(18)
Chapter 11 One Day I Realized I Had Survived
163(16)
Chapter 12 Becoming a Leader
179(10)
Chapter 13 Going to University
189(4)
Chapter 14 Final Thoughts
193(8)
Afterword 201(14)
Wendy Wickwire
Notes 215
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