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Sugar Falls : a residential school story

Robertson, David 1977- (author.). Henderson, Scott B., (illustrator.).

Summary: A school assignment to interview a residential school survivor leaders Daniel to Betsy, his friend's grandmother, who tells him her story. Abandoned as a young child, Betsy was soon adopted into a loving family. A few short years later, at the age of 8, everything changed. Betsy was taken away to a residential school. There she was forced to endure abuse and indignity, but she remembers her fathers words - words that gave her the resilience, strength, and determination to survive.

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  • ISBN: 9781553793915
  • ISBN: 1553793919
  • ISBN: 9781553793397
  • ISBN: 1553793390
  • ISBN: 9781553799764
  • ISBN: 1553799763
  • ISBN: 9781553799771
  • ISBN: 1553799771
  • ISBN: 9781553793342
  • ISBN: 155379334X
  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource : illustrations
  • Publisher: Winnipeg, MB, Canada : HighWater Press, [2011]

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General Note:
Title and statement of responsibility from cover.
"Sugar Falls is based on the true story of Betty Ross, Elder from Cross Lake First Nation"--Page 3 of cover
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. Online access with authorization.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Online resource; title from PDF version (Library and Archives Canada Electronic Collection, viewed September 30, 2020).
Subject: Young Adult Literature
Historical Fiction
Comic and Graphic Books
Young Adult Fiction
Cree women -- Manitoba -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Graphic novels
Off-reservation boarding schools -- Canada -- Comic books, strips, etc
Indigenous children -- Abuse of -- Canada -- Comic books, strips, etc
Indigenous peoples -- Education -- Canada -- Comic books, strips, etc
Indigenous peoples -- Education -- Canada -- Juvenile literature
Native peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools -- Comic books, strips, etc
Native peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools -- Juvenile literature
Native students -- Canada -- Comic books, strips, etc
Native students -- Canada -- Juvenile literature
Internats pour Autochtones -- Canada -- Bandes dessinées
Internats pour Autochtones -- Canada -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Étudiants autochtones -- Canada -- Bandes dessinées
Étudiants autochtones -- Canada -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Cries -- Manitoba -- Biographies -- Bandes dessinées
Romans graphiques
Enfants autochtones -- Violence envers -- Canada -- Bandes dessinées
graphic novels
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Art -- Drawing
Cree women
Graphic novels
Indigenous children -- Abuse of
Off-reservation boarding schools
Canada
Manitoba
Genre: Electronic books.
Graphic Novel
Romans graphiques
graphic novels.
Graphic novels.
Comics (Graphic works)
Graphic novels.
Biographies.
Romans graphiques.

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  • Association of Canadian Publishers
    BASED ON A TRUE STORY* A school assignment to interview a residential school survivor leads Daniel to Betsy, his friend's grandmother, who tells him her story. Abandoned as a young child, Betsy was soon adopted into a loving family. A few short years later, at the age of 8, everything changed. Betsy was taken away to a residential school. There she was forced to endure abuse and indignity, but Betsy recalled the words her father spoke to her at Sugar Falls — words that gave her the resilience, strength, and determination to survive. Sugar Falls is based on the true story of Betty Ross, Elder from Cross Lake First Nation. We wish to achnowledge, with the utmost gratitude, Betty's generosity in sharing her story. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Sugar Falls goes to support the bursary program for The Helen Betty Osborne Memorial Foundation.
  • Firebrand Technologies
    BASED ON A TRUE STORY* A school assignment to interview a residential school survivor leads Daniel to Betsy, his friend's grandmother, who tells him her story. Abandoned as a young child, Betsy was soon adopted into a loving family. A few short years later, at the age of 8, everything changed. Betsy was taken away to a residential school. There she was forced to endure abuse and indignity, but Betsy recalled the words her father spoke to her at Sugar Falls — words that gave her the resilience, strength, and determination to survive. Sugar Falls is based on the true story of Betty Ross, Elder from Cross Lake First Nation. We wish to acknowledge, with the utmost gratitude, Betty's generosity in sharing her story. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Sugar Falls goes to support the bursary program for The Helen Betty Osborne Memorial Foundation.
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