Publication
University of Regina Press (2022), Edition: New, 112 pages
Description
"Now a retired fisherman and trapper, Merasty was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of 'aggressive assimiliation.' As Merasty recounts, these schools did more than attempt to mold children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their native heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse. Even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's generous and authentic voice shines through."--From publisher.
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LibraryThing member kawaiibelle
This book was chosen by the Saskatchewan Library Association for One Book One Province. The true recollections of a man who experienced sickening abuse at the hands of the people who were supposed to be caring for him. A terror experienced by so, so many children in residential schools. This book
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LibraryThing member b.masonjudy
Augie Merasty's account of his childhood in a residential school is told in his voice, culled from his notes and writings by writer David Carpenter. I appreciated the forthright nature of the Introduction, really an essay, and Carpenter's reflection on the project of this book. His long-distance
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relationship with Merasty gives us a sense of the man, but the center of this work is Augie's experience, which is a story that had to be told. Show Less
LibraryThing member lostinalibrary
To date, more than 1000 unmarked graves of mostly children have been located on the grounds of Residential schools in Canada, a number that is likely to grow much much higher as more investigations are conducted. The Education of Augie Merasty is a short but very powerful look at Canadas
Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review
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Residential School system by Augie Merasty, one of its survivors. It is not an easy read as he talks of the physical and sexual abuse which he and so many other Indigenous children suffered in these schools but it is an extremely important one, one that should be taught in every Canadian school.Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review
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Pages
112
ISBN
0889778825 / 9780889778825