They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School by Bev Sellars

They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School

Bev Sellars

227 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
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Xat'sull Chief Bev Sellars spent her childhood in a church-run residential school whose aim it was to "civilize" Native children through Christian teachings, forced separation from family and culture, and discipline. In addition, beginning at the ...

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emotional 78%
sad 73%
reflective 71%
challenging 56%
informative 54%
dark 43%
inspiring 28%
hopeful 23%
tense 6%
funny 2%

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slow 20%
fast 17%

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