Truth and Reconciliation -Authentic Voices
Summary: This adaptation of Fatty legs makes the story of Margaret Pokiak's
experiences in a residential school accessible to younger readers. Now
they, too, can meet this remarkable girl who reminds us what power we
hold when we can read.
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In 1935, a boy witnesses a forbidden potlatch. Gait
Summary: Margaret can’t wait to
see her family, but her homecoming is not what she expected. Based on
the true story of Margaret Pokiak-Fenton,
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"This picture book explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's
residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their
families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and
language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared
through generations, and how healing can also be shared.
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