Did You See Us? : Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation at an Urban Indian Residential School

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Survivors of the Assiniboia Indian Residential School, author.

Contributor:

Woolford, Andrew, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.) ill

Place of Publication:

University of Manitoba Press

Summary:

Stitching together memories of arrival at, day-to-day life within, and departure from the school with a socio-historical reconstruction of the school and its position in both Winnipeg and the larger residential school system, this title offers a glimpse of Assiniboia that is not available in the archival records. It connects readers with a specific residential school and illustrates that residential schools were often complex spaces where forced assimilation and Indigenous resilience co-existed. These recollections of Assiniboia at times diverge, but together exhibit Survivor resilience and the strength of the relationships that bond them to this day. The volume captures the troubled history of residential schools. At the same time, it invites the reader to join in a reunion of sorts, entered into through memories and images of students, staff, and neighbours.

ISBN:

9780887559204

0887559204