Description:For more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada.Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure that history is never forgotten. The Blanket is a living work of art—a collection of hundreds of objects from those schools. It includes everything from photos, bricks, hockey skates, graduation certificates, dolls and piano keys to braids of hair. Behind every piece is a story. And behind every story is a residential school Survivor, including Carey's father. This book is a collection of truths about what happened at those schools, but it's also a beacon of hope and a step on the journey toward reconciliation.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation. To get started finding The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
96
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Release
2022
ISBN
145983612X
The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation
Description: For more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada.Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure that history is never forgotten. The Blanket is a living work of art—a collection of hundreds of objects from those schools. It includes everything from photos, bricks, hockey skates, graduation certificates, dolls and piano keys to braids of hair. Behind every piece is a story. And behind every story is a residential school Survivor, including Carey's father. This book is a collection of truths about what happened at those schools, but it's also a beacon of hope and a step on the journey toward reconciliation.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation. To get started finding The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.