Show Notes
Rotten food, freezing temperatures, seven generations, truth, healing and reconciliation. The women continue their chat inspired by “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars.
Discussion Points:
- Did they finish the book?
- The Orange Shirt story
- The structure and storytelling style of the book
- Painting the whole picture
- Rotten food and below freezing temperatures
- The lasting impacts of residential schools survivors
- Epigenetic markers based on trauma, cultural genocide - it takes seven generations to heal
- Good starter book
- Truth, healing and reconciliation - the long road and why are things not getting done?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
The Orange Shirt Story by Phyllis Webstad, Brock Nicol
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
