Xwist Memin Kin "I Want to go Home": Memories of Kamloops Residential School and Joeyaska Ranch - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Tellwell TalentISBN-13:9780228850250ISBN-10:228850258UPC:9780228850250Book Category:Young Adult NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Inspirational & Personal Growth, School & EducationSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.23 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC1N1R61JH
Xwist Memin Kin "I Want to go Home": Memories of Kamloops Residential School and Joeyaska Ranch
Personal memories of people, routines, rules and education at an Indian residential school are outlined. It is a very different picture when compared with home life and family visits. The Government of Canada intended to separate children from parents, traditions, language and spiritual beliefs, but these were the very things that saved and nurtured Nk'xetko, Mary Jane Joe.
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Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tellwell TalentISBN-13:9780228850250ISBN-10:228850258UPC:9780228850250Book Category:Young Adult NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Inspirational & Personal Growth, School & EducationSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.23 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC1N1R61JH
Joe, Mary Jane: - Born Nk'xetko at the Joeyaska Ranch near Merritt B.C. Mary Jane Joe witnessed firsthand what it meant to be status Indian. Parents and siblings were sent to Indian residential schools and subjected to harsh rules of assimilation. The Sterling Family of Joeyaska nurtured Nk'xetko through her schooling and after Grade 12 graduation sent her off to university to start a degree but...
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