My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell
My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell is a simple and outspoken account of the sexual and psychological abuse that Arthur Bear Chief suffered during his time at Old Sun Residential school in Gleichen on the Siksika Nation. In a series of chronological vignettes, Bear Chief depicts the punishment, cruelty, abuse, and injustice that he endured at Old Sun and then later relived in the traumatic process of retelling his story at an examination for discovery in connection with a lawsuit brought against the federal government.He returned to Gleichen late in life-to the home left to him by his mother-and it was there that he began to reconnect w…
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Weitere Autoren: Bedford, Judy (Vorwort v.) / Pannekoek, Frits (Nachw.)
- ISBN: 978-1-77199-177-3
- EAN: 9781771991773
- Produktnummer: 27961468
- Verlag: Au Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 194 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 8'195 KB
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Arthur Bear Chief left Old Sun Residential School at the age of seventeen. As a young man he worked at Shingwauk Indian Residential School as a student counsellor before embarking on a career with the government, which included work with the Public Service Commission of Canada in Edmonton and Northern Affairs in Ottawa. He now lives on the Siksika Nation.
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