The education of Augie Merasty, a residential school memoir, Joseph Auguste Merasty with David Carpenter
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The education of Augie Merasty, a residential school memoir, Joseph Auguste Merasty with David Carpenter
Language
eng
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autobiography
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no index present
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non fiction
Main title
The education of Augie Merasty
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965149933
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Joseph Auguste Merasty with David Carpenter
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The Regina collection
Sub title
a residential school memoir
Summary
"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."--, Provided by publisher
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Augie Merasty
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