02721nam 2200637 450 991015859630332120201028061522.01-77199-177-11-77199-176-3heb40025(CKB)3710000001010413(MiAaPQ)EBC4777505(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/54169(dli)heb40025.0001.001(MiU)MIU400250001001(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/psjk08(EXLCZ)99371000000101041320170118h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierMy decade at Old Sun, my lifetime of hell /Arthur Bear ChiefAthabasca University Press2016Edmonton, Alberta :AU Press,2016.©20161 online resource (99 pages)Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters1-77199-175-5 Includes bibliographical references.Preface / Judy Bedford -- My decade at Old Sun, my lifetime of hell -- Afterword: The burden of reconciliation / Frits Pannekoek -- Appendix A: Legal correspondence -- Appendix B: Letters of apology.Arthur Bear Chief suffered both sexual and psychological abuse during his time at Old Sun Residential school in Gleichen on the Siksika Nation. <EM>My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell</EM> is a of chronological vignettes that depict the punishment, cruelty, and injustice that Arthur endured at Old Sun and then later relived in the traumatic process of retelling his story in connection with a complicated claims procedure. Late in life, after working for both the provincial and federal government, Arthur returned home to Gleichen. It was there that he began to reconnect with Blackfoot language and culture and to write his story.Our lives--diary, memoir, and letters.Adult child abuse victimsAlbertaGleichenBiographyAbused Indian childrenAlbertaGleichenBiographyGleichen (Alta.)residential schoolslawTRCAlbertaindigenousblackfootsettlementapologyAdult child abuse victimsAbused Indian children306.7662Bear Chief Arthur868989MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910158596303321My decade at Old Sun, my lifetime of hell1939983UNINA