They Called Me Number One -Episode 6

Ducks, names, insults, mom stories, fake news, and residential schools. Concluding their series on “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle.

Discussion Points:

• Voicemails
• Ducks
• Children swearing and “insulting” hand gestures
• Truth and Reconciliation summary
• Mom stories
• Australian residential schools
• Making the “other” scary
• Names - What name could you have had? What name would you prefer? Remembering people’s names on the first meeting.
• Being late
• Other fan feedback and followups

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 Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action

Indigeneyez

A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Edited and Abridged

Willow

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Australia's Dark Secret: The Inhumane Treatment of Indigenous Peoples