Reflections from them days : a residential school memoir from Nunatsiavut / as told by Nellie Winters ; illustrated by Nellie Winters.

Reflections from them days : a residential school memoir from Nunatsiavut / as told by Nellie Winters ; illustrated by Nellie Winters.

By
Winters, Nellie, 1938-

Publication Date
2020

Publication Information
Iqaluit, Nunavut : Inhabit Education,

Physical Description
54 p. : ill.

Subject Term
Inuit -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- Juvenile literature.
 
Inuit -- Canada -- Residential schools -- Juvenile literature.
 
Inuktitut language -- Readers -- Juvenile literature.

Geographic Term
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Juvenile literature.

Summary
When Nellie Winters was 11 years old, she was sent to attend the Nain Boarding School, a residential school 400 kilometres from her home. In this memoir, she recalls life before residential school, her experiences at the school, and what it was like to come home. Accompanied by the authors original illustrations, this moving, often funny memoir sheds light on the experiences of Inuit residential school survivors in Labrador.

Language
Inukitut

ISBN
9781774502082

Language Note
Text in Inuktitut characters.


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Conception Bay South (ACS)Juv NFic NLJuvenile Non-Fiction NLINU 371.829 WINChecked In
Happy Valley - Goose Bay (LHV) MelvilleJuv NFic NLJuvenile Non-Fiction NLINU 371.829 WINChecked In
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Juv NFic NLJuvenile Non-Fiction NLINU 371.829 WINNot Available
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult NFic NL Ref - Prov CollAdult Non-Fiction NL Reference Provincial CollectionINU 371.829 W73NonCirculating
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult NFic NL Ref - VaultAdult Non-Fiction NL Reference - VaultINU 371.829 W73NonCirculating