Picking up the pieces : residential school memories and the making of the Witness Blanket

Newman, Carey 1975- (author.). Hudson, Kirstie, 1976- (author.).

Summary: "This nonfiction book, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes hundreds of items from every Residential School in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781459819979
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Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (vii, 170 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (page 160) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Picking up the pieces -- Chapter 2: Silent witness -- Chapter 3: The first day of school -- Chapter 4: Never enough -- Chapter 5: Stitch by stitch -- Chapter 6: Never forget -- Chapter 7: Moments of humanity -- Chapter 8: Out of the ashes -- Chapter 9: The permanent record -- Chapter 10: Plastic dolls -- Chapter 11: Reclaiming the space -- Chapter 12: Behind closed doors -- Chapter 13: Identity -- Chapter 14: Walking among memories -- Conclusion : the truth about reconciliation.