My Name is Seepeetza
Language:
English
Format: Paperback
Text Content Territories:
Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Salish; Interior Salish;
Status: In Print
Other Categories:
Kids Book, Kids Books, Canadian Aboriginal Resource Lists , Authentic First Peoples Resources K - 9 2016, 5 - 7, BC - Authentic First Peoples Resources K-7 2012, Grades 5-7, Grade 5 Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation, Additional Literature Resources, First Nation Communities Read, 2006 Selections, Indigenous Peoples, First Nations , Social Studies, Novels, Indigenous Stories / Narratives, Literature Circles, Residential School/Project of Heart, Ages 9 - 12, Quebec Youth Literature, Secondary 1st Cycle, First Nation Communities Read, 2006 Selections, First Nations, Novels, Indigenous Stories / Narratives, Literature Circles, Residential School/Project of Heart, Memoirs, Residential Schools


Synopsis:
At six years old, Seepeetza is taken from her happy family life on Joyaska Ranch to live as a boarder at the Kalamak Indian Residential School. Life at the school is not easy, but Seepeetza still manages to find some bright spots. Always, thoughts of home make her school life bearable.
An honest, inside look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it.