Isabelle Knockwood

Broschiertes Buch

Out of the Depths, 4th Edition

The Experiences of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia

Beschreibung

Powerful, first person accounts of the atrocities of the residential school system in Canada.

Autor

Isabelle Knockwood, born in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, attended the Indian Residential School in Shubenacadie from 1936 to 1947. She is the mother of six children and has fourteen grandchildren. At the age of fifty-eight, she enrolled at Saint Mary's University n Halifax seeking a major in Anthropology and a minor in English; she graduated in 1992. She now lives at the Indian Brook Reserve, Nova Scotia. At a special Sunrise Ceremony at Indian Brook, Isabelle was given her Spirit name, Maqmikewe'skw, which means Mother Earth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
• 4 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 274g
• ISBN-13: 9781552667293
• ISBN-10: 1552667294
• Artikelnr.: 42031263