Picking up the pieces : residential school memories and the making of the Witness Blanket / Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson.

Picking up the pieces : residential school memories and the making of the Witness Blanket / Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson.

By
: 
Newman, Carey, 1975-

Publication Date
: 
2019

Publication Information
: 
Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers,

Physical Description
: 
vii, 170 p. : col. ill., maps.

Subject Term
: 
Indian blankets -- Canada.
 
Blankets.
 
Indian textile fabrics -- North America.
 
Adult child abuse victims -- Canada.
 
Adult child abuse victims -- Mental health.
 
Art therapy.
 
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools.

Additional Contributors
: 
Hudson, Kirstie, 1976-

Bibliography Note
: 
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary
: 
This nonfiction book, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes hundreds of items from every Residential School in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9781459819955


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CartwrightAdult NFicAdult Non-Fiction371.829 N46
ClarenvilleAdult NFicAdult Non-Fiction371.829 N46
Conception Bay SouthAdult NFicAdult Non-Fiction371.829 N46
Corner BrookAdult NFic OversizeAdult Non-Fiction Oversize Book371.829 N46
GanderAdult NFic IndigenousAdult Non-Fiction Indigenous371.829 N46
Grand Falls-Windsor - HarmsworthAdult NFic OversizeAdult Non-Fiction Oversize Book371.829 N46
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - MelvilleAdult NFicAdult Non-Fiction371.829 N46
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public LibraryAdult NFicAdult Non-Fiction371.829 N46
Port au PortAdult NFicAdult Non-Fiction371.829 N46
St. John's - A.C. HunterAdult NFic IndigenousAdult Non-Fiction Indigenous371.829 N46
Stephenville - KindaleAdult NFicAdult Non-Fiction371.829 N46