They Called Me Number One -Episode 4

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 Website

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

Indigeneyez