The education of Augie Merasty : a residential school memoir /
Merasty, Joseph Auguste,
The education of Augie Merasty : a residential school memoir / Augie Merasty Joseph Auguste Merasty with David Carpenter. - Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
School days, school days -- Hard times -- The passion of sister Felicity -- The loves of Languir and Cameron -- Brotherly love and the fatherland -- Father Lazzardo among the children -- Sisters of the night -- Lepeigne -- Revenge.
"Now a retired fisherman and trapper, Merasty was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of 'aggressive assimiliation.' As Merasty recounts, these schools did more than attempt to mold children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their native heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse. Even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's generous and authentic voice shines through."--Publisher.
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Merasty, Joseph Auguste--Childhood and youth.
Cree Indians--Biography.
Cree Indians--Education--Canada.
Indigenous peoples--Education--Saskatchewan--Biography.
Off-reservation boarding schools--Saskatchewan.
Cree Indians--Education--Saskatchewan.
Native students--Canada--Biography.
First Nations--Residential schools.--Canada
Adult child abuse victims Biography Canada Cree Indians Cree children Education History Indians of North America Merasty, Joseph Auguste Native peoples Off-reservation boarding schools Residential schools Saskatchewan
Electronic Books.
E96 / .E383 2015
The education of Augie Merasty : a residential school memoir / Augie Merasty Joseph Auguste Merasty with David Carpenter. - Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
School days, school days -- Hard times -- The passion of sister Felicity -- The loves of Languir and Cameron -- Brotherly love and the fatherland -- Father Lazzardo among the children -- Sisters of the night -- Lepeigne -- Revenge.
"Now a retired fisherman and trapper, Merasty was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of 'aggressive assimiliation.' As Merasty recounts, these schools did more than attempt to mold children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their native heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse. Even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's generous and authentic voice shines through."--Publisher.
20159016827 can
(AMICUS)000043407596 20159016819
Merasty, Joseph Auguste--Childhood and youth.
Cree Indians--Biography.
Cree Indians--Education--Canada.
Indigenous peoples--Education--Saskatchewan--Biography.
Off-reservation boarding schools--Saskatchewan.
Cree Indians--Education--Saskatchewan.
Native students--Canada--Biography.
First Nations--Residential schools.--Canada
Adult child abuse victims Biography Canada Cree Indians Cree children Education History Indians of North America Merasty, Joseph Auguste Native peoples Off-reservation boarding schools Residential schools Saskatchewan
Electronic Books.
E96 / .E383 2015