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They Called Me Number One -Episode 4

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Rotten food, freezing temperatures, seven generations, truth, healing and reconciliation.  The women continue their chat inspired by “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars.

Discussion Points:

  • Did they finish the book?
  • The Orange Shirt story
  • The structure and storytelling style of the book
  • Painting the whole picture
  • Rotten food and below freezing temperatures
  • The lasting impacts of residential schools survivors
  • Epigenetic markers based on trauma, cultural genocide - it takes seven generations to heal
  • Good starter book
  • Truth, healing and reconciliation - the long road and why are things not getting done?

    • Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:

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    They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars

    The Orange Shirt Story by Phyllis Webstad, Brock Nicol

    Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

    Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

    Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action

    Indigeneyez

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