The Education of Augie Merasty
A Residential School Memoir
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23515003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Carpenter (0000-0002-5135-1295), Joseph Auguste Merasty |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Education of Augie Merasty (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Regina Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9780889773691 |
| OpenAlex | W4389618524 |
| ISBN | 9780889773691 |
| Open Library | OL50687331M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
"Heartbreaking and important... brings into dramatic focus why we need reconciliation." - James Daschuk, author of Clearing the Plains This memoir offers a courageous and intimate chronicle of life in a residential school. Now a retired fisherman and trapper, the author 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 subject to a policy of "aggressive assimilation." As Augie Merasty recounts, these schools did more than attempt o 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. But even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's sense of humour and warm voice shine through.
African history and culture studies · Computer Science · Adult child abuse victims · Biographies · biography · canada · Childhood and youth · Cree Indians · Cris (Indiens) · Education · Enfance et jeunesse · Étudiants autochtones · First Nations · Indians of North America · Internats pour Indiens d'Amérique · Native students · Residential schools · St. Therese Residential School · Study and teaching
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |