The education of Augie Merasty : a residential school memoir / Joseph Auguste Merasty and David Carpenter
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.
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- Physical Description: 1 DAISY disc (1128 min.) digital 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : CELA, 2015, 2021.
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Restrictions on Access Note: | Restricted to use by people with a documented print impairment. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Produced by the Centre for Equitable Library Access. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | DAISY 2.02 (Electronic master). |
Original Version Note: | Original version: |
System Details Note: | System requirements: DAISY player or device with DAISY playing software. Also plays, with limited navigation, in MP3 coampatible player, or MP3 playing software. |
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Mackenzie Public Library | AUDIO CD MER (Text) | 35192000453377 | Aboriginal | Not holdable | Available | - |