The Education of Augie Merasty by Joseph Auguste Merasty

The Education of Augie Merasty by Joseph Auguste Merasty

The Education of Augie Merasty offers a courageous and intimate chronicle of life in a residential school. Now a retired fisherman and trapper, Joseph A. (Augie) Merasty was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of "aggressive assimiliation." As Merasty recounts, these schools did more than attempt to mold children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their native heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse. Even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's generous and authentic voice shines through.

"A story in which our entire nation has an obscure and dark complicity" -David Carpenter, in his introduction to Residential School Days
"This story of a child is heartbreaking and important. It brings into dramatic focus why we need reconciliation." - James Daschuk, author of Clearing the Plains

A retired Cree trapper, Joseph Auguste Merasty attended St. Therese Residential School in Sturgeon Landing, Saskatchewan, from 1935 to 1944. He lived in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. David Carpenter is an award-winning author and editor of eighteen books. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

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ISBN 13	9780889773684
ISBN 10	0889773688
Title	The Education of Augie Merasty
Author	Joseph Auguste Merasty
Series	The Regina Collection
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of Regina Press
Year published	2015-02-08
Number of pages	105
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