The education of Augie Merasty : a residential school memoir
Record details
- ISBN: 9780889773684 (hardcover) :
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Physical Description:
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xxxvii, 76 pages ; 18 cm - Publisher: [Regina], Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 -- Sister of the Night -- Lepeigne -- Revenge Conclusion |
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Topic Heading: | Indigenous collection. |
Available copies
- 16 of 17 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Smithers Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Smithers Public Library | ANF 371.829 MER (Text) | 35101000451760 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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This is an "as told to" memoir by a man who spent from 1935 to 1944 at St. Therese Indian Residential School in Sturgeon Landing, in Northern Manitoba. It is an indictment of the residential school system, which author Merasty wrote for the Working Group on Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The working group sought written testimony from former victims of the residential school system. Its work established, in 2005, a $2 billion reparation fund for First Nations people who had been forced to attend residential schools. In pulling together the memoir, co-author David Carpenter corresponded and met with Merasty over several years when Merasty was past 70 years old. Merasty's stories recall some kindnesses, but are mostly about violent beatings and sexual molestation received from nuns, brothers and priests at the school. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2015 March #2
More than 70 years ago, Merasty was sent to St. Therese Residential School in Sturgeon Landing, on the border of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. It was one of the 130 church-run schools that all aboriginal children were required to attend as a part of a Canadian government policy of forced assimilation in the 20th century. Between 1935 and 1944, Merasty was physically and sexually abused, beaten, insulted, and exposed to unspeakable conditions by priests and nuns who were supposed to educate him. He carried the scars on his mind and body all his life. Unlike many of his peers who suffered similar or worse abuse silently, Merasty remained courageously determined to publish a book that would expose the injustices he and so many other children endured. In Carpenter (The Literary History of Saskatchewan), he found a superb writer and editor and a tenacious ally who saw the book through to publication even after Merasty's enthusiasm for the project was dimmed first by alcoholism and later by cancer. This book offers a glimpse into Merasty's life in the residential school, exposing a terrible regime where evil went entirely unchecked. A quick read, it's nevertheless a historically significant one. (Feb.)
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More than 70 years ago, Merasty was sent to St. Therese Residential School in Sturgeon Landing, on the border of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. It was one of the 130 church-run schools that all aboriginal children were required to attend as a part of a Canadian government policy of forced assimilation in the 20th century. Between 1935 and 1944, Merasty was physically and sexually abused, beaten, insulted, and exposed to unspeakable conditions by priests and nuns who were supposed to educate him. He carried the scars on his mind and body all his life. Unlike many of his peers who suffered similar or worse abuse silently, Merasty remained courageously determined to publish a book that would expose the injustices he and so many other children endured. In Carpenter (The Literary History of Saskatchewan), he found a superb writer and editor and a tenacious ally who saw the book through to publication even after Merasty's enthusiasm for the project was dimmed first by alcoholism and later by cancer. This book offers a glimpse into Merasty's life in the residential school, exposing a terrible regime where evil went entirely unchecked. A quick read, it's nevertheless a historically significant one. (Feb.)
[Page ]. Copyright 2014 PWxyz LLC