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Medicine river : a story of survival and the legacy of Indian boarding schools / by Pember, Mary Annette,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A sweeping and trenchant exploration of the history of Native American boarding schools in the U.S., and the legacy of abuse wrought by systemic attempts to use education as a tool through which to destroy Native culture. From the mid-19th century to the late 1930s, tens of thousands of Native children were pulled from their families to attend boarding schools that claimed to help create opportunity for these children to pursue professions outside their communities and otherwise "assimilate" into American life. In reality, these boarding schools -- sponsored by the US Government but often run by various religious orders with little to no regulation -- were an insidious attempt to destroy tribes, break up families, and stamp out the traditions of generations of Native people. Children were beaten for speaking their native languages, forced to complete menial tasks in terrible conditions, and utterly deprived of love and affection. Ojibwe journalist Mary Pember's mother was forced to attend one of these institutions -- a seminary in Wisconsin, and the impacts of her experience have cast a pall over Mary's own childhood, and her relationship with her mother. Highlighting both her mother's experience and the experiences of countless other students at such schools, their families, and their children, Medicine River paints a stark portrait of communities still reckoning with the legacy of acculturation that has affected generations of Native communities. Through searing interviews and assiduous historical reporting, Pember traces the evolution and continued rebirth of a culture whose country has been seemingly intent upon destroying it"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Pember, Bernice Rabideaux, 1925-2011.; Pember, Mary Annette; Robidou family.; St. Mary's Indian Boarding School (Odanah, Wis.); Indigenous children; Ojibwe; Ojibwe women; Residential schools;
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Shin-chi's canoe / by Campbell, Nicola I.; LaFave, Kim.;
When Shi-shi-etko returns for her second year at a residential school, she is accompanied by her six-year-old brother Shin-chi, to whom she gives the gift of a tiny cedar canoe to help him get through the difficult months until summer.LSC
Subjects: Native children; Indians of North America; Off-reservation boarding schools; Brothers and sisters;
© 2008., Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Worst broommate ever! / by Coven, Wanda.; Abramskaya, Anna.;
Starting at a new boarding school that has secret classes for witches-in-training, Heidi Heckelbeck is excited until she discovers her roommate is her old rival, Melanie Maplethorpe, who is also less than thrilled, which leads to an epic prank war and magical mayhem.Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Witches; Boarding schools; Middle schools; Practical jokes; Interpersonal relations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rizzoli & Isles : last to die : a novel / by Gerritsen, Tess.;
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Boarding schools; Isles, Maura (Fictitious character); Murder; Policewomen; Rizzoli, Jane, Detective (Fictitious character); Women forensic scientists;
© c2012., Ballantine Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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She was the quiet one / by Campbell, Michele,1962-author.;
"When twin sisters Rose and Bel Enright enroll in The Odell School, a prestigious New Hampshire boarding school, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. But the sisters could not be more different. The school brings out a rivalry between them that few ever knew existed. And the school itself has a dark underbelly: of privileged kids running unchecked and uninhibited; of rituals and traditions that are more sinister than they seem; of wealth and entitlement that can only lead to disaster. For Sarah Donovan, wife of an ambitious teacher who is determined to rise through the ranks, Odell also seems like the best thing that could happen to their small family. But how well does she really know her husband? What lengths will he go to to achieve his goals? And when one dark night ends in murder, who is guilty, who knows the truth, and who has been in on it all along?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Boarding schools; Murder; Twin sisters; Teachers; Hazing; Secrecy;
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Indian Horse [videorecording] / by Peltier, Sladen,actor.; Goodluck, Forrest,1998-actor.; Kapashesit, Ajuawak,actor.; Huisman, Michiel,1981-actor.; Donovan, Martin,actor.; Murphy, Michael,1957-actor.; Campanelli, Stephen S.,film director.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Sladen Peltier, Forrest Goodluck, Ajuawak Kapashesit, Michiel Huisman, Martin Donovan, Michael Murphy.Follows the life of Canadian First Nations boy, Saul Indian Horse, as he survives residential school and life amongst the racism of the 1970s. A talented hockey player, Saul must find his own path as he battles sterotypes and alcoholism.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language and a scene of violence.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Indian hockey players; Off-reservation boarding schools; Ojibwa Indians;
For private home use only.
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Welcome to the school by the sea / by Colgan, Jenny,author.;
"The first book of Jenny Colgan's delightful new four-part series, set at a charming English boarding school on the sea. Maggie went to the window and opened it wide, inhaling the lovely salt air off the sea. Why had she never lived by the sea before? Why had she always looked out on housing estates and not the little white hulls of trawlers bobbing off in the distance? It's gloriously sunny in Cornwall as the school year starts at the little boarding school by the sea. Maggie, the newest teacher at Downey House, is determined to make her mark. She's delighted by her new teaching job, but will it come at the expense of her relationship with her safe, dependable boyfriend Stan? Simone is excited and nervous: she's won a scholarship to the prestigious boarding school and wants to make her parents proud. Forced to share a room with the glossy, posh girls of Downey House, she needs to find a friend, fast. Fliss is furious. She's never wanted to go to boarding school and hates being sent away from her home. As Simone tries desperately to fit in, Fliss tries desperately to get out. Over the course of one year, friendships will bloom and lives will be changed forever. Life at the Little School by the Sea is never dull."--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Chick lit.; Novels.; Boarding schools; Female friendship; Teachers; Teachers;
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A study in secrets / by Florence, Debbi Michiko.;
"12-year-old Meg is pulled into a mysterious treasure hunt at her new boarding school and must learn to work with her new classmates, who all have secrets of their own"--Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; School fiction.; Preteen girls; Orphans; Boarding schools; Treasure hunting; Secrecy;
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Of curses and kisses / by Menon, Sandhya.;
Told in two voices, Jaya Rao, an East Indian princess, and Grey Emerson, an English lord, suffer the effects of a centuries-old feud when they meet at an elite Colorado boarding school.Ages 12 up.LSC
Subjects: Vendetta; Blessing and cursing; Dating (Social customs); Boarding schools; Schools; Princesses; Students, Foreign;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince / by Rowling, J. K.;
As Harry begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, disappearances, murder and an ominous chilling mist are harbingers of something more sinister to come, and as Voldemort's army continues to grow, the Death Eaters grow bolder and more deadly.
Subjects: Potter, Harry (Fictional character); Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary place); Wizards; Witches; Magic; Schools; Boarding schools; Good and evil; Fantasy fiction;
© 2005., Bloomsbury ; Raincoast Books,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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