Broken circle : the dark legacy of Indian residential schools : a memoir / Theodore Fontaine.

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Fontaine, Theodore, 1941- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781927051870
9781926936062
1927051878
192693606X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Broken circle.DDC classification:

371.829/97071 23

LOC classification:

E96.5

NLM classification:

WS 105.5 C3 F681b 2010

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cci1icc

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Contents:

The Ménage -- Broken circle -- The Morning Routine -- Family Gatherings at the Point -- Older Siblings -- Early Mornings with Alfred Mann -- My Dad, My Hero -- Blueberry Days -- Wild Rice / Life Lessons -- Bush-Camp Adventures -- On Whose Authority? -- Lessons in Fear -- My Language is Ojibway -- Friday Fruits -- Mind, Body and Soul -- Killing the Indian in the Child -- Struggling to Succeed -- Chubby -- From Dachau to Newfoundland to Fort Alexander -- Apologies -- "Come In, Tci-ga."

Summary: "Theodore Fontaine lost his family and freedom just after his seventh birthday, when his parents were forced to leave him at an Indian residential school by order of the Roman Catholic Church and the Government of Canada. Twelve years later, he left school frozen at the emotional age of seven. He was confused, angry and conflicted, on a path of self-destruction. At age 29, he emerged from this blackness. By age 32, he had graduated from the Civil Engineering Program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and begun a journey of self-exploration and healingSummary: In this powerful and poignant memoir, Theodore examines the impact of his psychological, emotional and sexual abuse, the loss of his language and culture, and, most important, the loss of his family and community. He goes beyond details of the abuses of Native children to relate a unique understanding of why most residential school survivors have post-traumatic stress disorders and why succeeding generations of First Nations children suffer from this dark chapter in history. Told as remembrances described with insights that have evolved through his healing, his story resonates with his resolve to help himself and other residential school survivors and to share his enduring belief that one can pick up the shattered pieces and use them for good."--Google books

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"Theodore Fontaine lost his family and freedom just after his seventh birthday, when his parents were forced to leave him at an Indian residential school by order of the Roman Catholic Church and the Government of Canada. Twelve years later, he left school frozen at the emotional age of seven. He was confused, angry and conflicted, on a path of self-destruction. At age 29, he emerged from this blackness. By age 32, he had graduated from the Civil Engineering Program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and begun a journey of self-exploration and healing

In this powerful and poignant memoir, Theodore examines the impact of his psychological, emotional and sexual abuse, the loss of his language and culture, and, most important, the loss of his family and community. He goes beyond details of the abuses of Native children to relate a unique understanding of why most residential school survivors have post-traumatic stress disorders and why succeeding generations of First Nations children suffer from this dark chapter in history. Told as remembrances described with insights that have evolved through his healing, his story resonates with his resolve to help himself and other residential school survivors and to share his enduring belief that one can pick up the shattered pieces and use them for good."--Google books

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