My decade at Old Sun, my lifetime of hell / / Arthur Bear Chief

• Autore: Bear Chief Arthur
• Pubblicazione: Athabasca University Press, 2016; Edmonton, Alberta : , : AU Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (99 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.7662
• Soggetto topico: Adult child abuse victims - Alberta - Gleichen; Abused Indian children - Alberta - Gleichen
• Soggetto geografico: Gleichen (Alta.)
• Soggetto non controllato: residential schools; law; TRC; Alberta; indigenous; blackfoot; settlement; apology
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: My decade at Old Sun, my lifetime of hell
• ISBN: 1-77199-177-1; 1-77199-176-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910158596303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Our lives--diary, memoir, and letters.