Finding my talk: how fourteen Canadian native women reclaimed their lives after residential school
Canadian fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
Human-narrated audio
Summary
When residential schools opened in the 1830's, First Nations envisioned their children learning in nurturing environments, staffed with their own teachers, ministers and interpreters. Instead, students were taught by outsiders, regularly forced to renounce their cultures and languages, and some… were subjected to abuse that left emotional scars for generations. Fourteen Aboriginal women who attended these schools reflect on their experiences, describing how they overcame tremendous obstacles to become strong and independent members of Aboriginal cultures. 2004.