Holdings Information

Bibliographic Record Display

• Title:The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir
  
•    
• Author/Creator:Merasty, Joseph Auguste.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Carpenter, David As told to
  Scholars Portal Books: Canadian University Presses 2017
  
• Published/Created:Regina : University of Regina Press March 2017 LaVergne : Ingram Publisher Services [Distributor]
  

• Holdings

  Holdings Record Display

  • Location:ONLINEWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number:No call number available 
  • Number of Items:
    0
  • Status:No information available 

   
• Subject(s):Electronic books.
  Indians Of North America
  Indians Of North America
  Adult Child Abuse Victims
  Biography & Autobiography
  Social Science
  Family & Relationships
  
• Description:1 online resource
  
• Series:Regina Collection
  
• Terms governing use:Access may be restricted to institutions with a site license.
  
• Summary:Annotation "This memoir offers a courageous and intimate chronicle of life in a residential school. Now a retired fisherman and trapper, the author 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 assimilation." As Augie 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. But, even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's sense of humour and warm voice shine through. This new edition includes a Learning Guide that deepens our understanding of the residential school experience, making it ideal for classroom and book club use. It also features a new postscript describing how the publication of this memoir changed Augie Merasty's life."--
  
• ISBN:9780889774575
  0889774579