The Witness Blanket : truth, art and reconciliation / Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson.
Material type:
TextPublisher: [Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Books Publishers, 2022Description: 91 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781459836129
- 145983612X
- Newman, Carey, 1975- -- Juvenile literature
- Off-reservation boarding schools -- Canada -- Juvenile literature
- Indigenous peoples -- Mental health -- Canada -- Juvenile literature
- Art therapy -- Canada -- Juvenile literature
- Installations (Art) -- Canada -- Juvenile literature
- Reconciliation -- Juvenile literature
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 371.8299 N551 | Available | 33111010989594 | ||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 371.8299 N551 | Available | 33111010858732 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
For more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada.
Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure that history is never forgotten. The Blanket is a living work of art--a collection of hundreds of objects from those schools. It includes everything from photos, bricks, hockey skates, graduation certificates, dolls and piano keys to braids of hair. Behind every piece is a story. And behind every story is a residential school Survivor, including Carey's father. This book is a collection of truths about what happened at those schools, but it's also a beacon of hope and a step on the journey toward reconciliation.
The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pieces of history -- Every object has a story -- I'm hungry -- Moccasins -- Photographs -- Kids will be kids -- Letters -- More than 100 years -- Fitting the pieces together -- Reconciliation is a journey.
"This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes items from every residential school in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them."-- Provided by publisher.