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They Called Me Number One
Like thousands of Aboriginal children in the United States, Canada,
and elsewhere in the colonized world, Xatsu'll chief Bev Sellars spent
part of her childhood as a student in a church-run residential school.
These
institutions endeavored to "civilize" Native children through Christian
teachings; forced separation from family, language, and culture; and
strict discipline. Perhaps the most symbolically potent strategy used to
alienate residential school children was addressing them by assigned
numbers only—not by the names with which they knew and understood
themselves.
In this frank and poignant memoir of her years at St.
Joseph's Mission, Sellars breaks her silence about the residential
school's lasting effects on her and her family—from substance abuse to
suicide attempts—and eloquently articulates her own path to healing. Number One
comes at a time of recognition—by governments and society at large—that
only through knowing the truth about these past injustices can we begin
to redress them.
Reviews
"Deeply personal, sorrowful and ultimately triumphal, They Called Me Number One is an important addition to the literature on residential schools, and Canada's reckoning with its colonial past."
- Winnipeg Free Press "Her
memoir provides invaluable insight into the enduring effects of a
tragic and shameful part of our collective past, and also helps to begin
the process of healing."
- Danna Hansen, Quill & Quire"Much
of what has been written about the residential schools system, however,
is so densely academic or historical that many readers simply tune it
out. But Bev Sellars' memoir, They Called Me Number One, is neither, which is what makes it so accessible."
- Tyrone Burke, Canadian Geographic
About the Author
Bev Sellars: Bev Sellars is Chief of the the Xat'sull (Soda
Creek) First Nation in Williams Lake, British Columbia. She holds a
degree in history from the University of Victoria and a law degree from
the University of British Columbia. She has served as an advisor to the
BC Treaty Commission.
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