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Shirley Sterling (1948–2005)

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Vedertaget namn
Sterling, Shirley
Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Seepeetza
Andra namn
Sterling, Shirley Anne
Födelsedag
1948
Avled
2005-04-03
Kön
female
Nationalitet
Canada
Födelseort
Joeyaska Reserve, Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Dödsort
British Columbia, Canada
Bostadsorter
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Moricetown, British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Utbildning
University of British Columbia
Yrken
teacher
writer
Kort biografi
A member of Nlakapamux First Nation of the Interior Salish.

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This book, set up as journal entries did not hold my attention. I am always glad to hear about historical stories of first nations people, but i could not finish it. There are some heavy issues, not just the forcing Native people to send their children to boarding schools, but also the death of children at the schools and some abusive behavior from the nuns.
 
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mslibrarynerd | 9 andra recensioner | Jan 13, 2024 |
Novel, but based on her own experiences at Residential School, in journal format. Feels like a very authentic child voice, telling her own story. Not super heavy in plot, but I don't think it's meant to be. While the stories of Residential school life are heartbreaking, the portrait of the community, the ranch, and the way her family interacts and supports each other is a lovely remembrance of a time past. I really enjoyed it.
 
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jennybeast | 9 andra recensioner | Apr 14, 2022 |
My Name is Seepeetza is the diary of 12 year old girl’s experiences as a sixth grader at the Kalamak (Kamloops) Indian Residential School in British Columbia in 1958. The entries, based on the author’s own experiences at the school, give the reader an idea of what everyday life was like for Indigenous students forced to attend these schools. Diary entries capture the confusion and fear of first being admitted to the school, and the cold, and often cruel, nuns. They detail the taunts of fellow students due to her whiter skin, and the indoctrination of Christian theology over the complete denial of her Indigenous culture. The entries also include the times where she is at home on the family’s ranch in BC’s Cariboo region, living with multiple generations of her family, exploring the land and just being a kid.

The entries will provide young readers with examples of how these schools tried to eradicate Indigenous culture. There are also examples of intergenerational trauma as many relations attended the school. Her father, who struggles with alcoholism, speaks six Indigenous languages, but won’t teach her them because he knows she will be punished for speaking them at school as he was.

The entries allude to other abuses but do not go into detail, so it is a good entry point for younger readers to understand residential schools. For adults, and older students, there is Behind Closed Doors, where adult survivors of the same Kamloops Residential School share their legacy of trauma, including physical, sexual and emotional abuse.
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Lindsay_W | 9 andra recensioner | Nov 3, 2018 |
At six years old, Seepeetza is taken from her happy family life on Joyaska Ranch to live as a boarder at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Life at the school is not easy, but Seepeetza still manages to find some bright spots. Always, thoughts of home make her school life bearable. An honest, inside look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it.
 
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unsoluble | 9 andra recensioner | Feb 1, 2018 |

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Även av
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Medlemmar
165
Popularitet
#128,476
Betyg
½ 3.6
Recensioner
10
ISBN
12

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