Dear Canada: These are my Words 2012 Robinson began to tell his

Robinson began to tell his old stories in this new language in order to keep them alive

a bibliography

For nations that wish to join that revolution or for those who simply want to understand the transformation now underway across Indigenous North America

summaries of the authors’ intentions in writing their selections

Dear Canada: These are my Words 2012 Robinson began to tell hisDear Canada: These are My Words, The Residential School Diary of Violet Pasheens, Northern Ontario 1966, is the exciting addition to Scholastic Canada's Series, Dear Canada. Authored by Ojibwe scholar, professor, and writer Ruby Slipperjack, the 200 page fictional diary presents the perspective of an Ojibwe girl who is forced to attend a residential school in 1966. Violet has to leave her loving home living with her grandma and attend a foreign