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My name is Seepeetza

Seepeetza loves living on Joyaska Ranch with her parents and brothers and sisters. But when she is six years old, she must go to live in the town of Kalamak, British Columbia, and attend Indian residential school. The nuns call her "Martha" and cut her hair. She is forbidden to "talk Indian," even w...

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Main Author: Sterling, Shirley
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Berkeley, CA : Groundwood Books ; Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West, c1992.
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Salish Indians > Juvenile fiction.
Indian girls > Juvenile fiction.
Canada > Juvenile fiction.
Diary fiction.
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Summary:Seepeetza loves living on Joyaska Ranch with her parents and brothers and sisters. But when she is six years old, she must go to live in the town of Kalamak, British Columbia, and attend Indian residential school. The nuns call her "Martha" and cut her hair. She is forbidden to "talk Indian," even with her sisters and cousins.
Physical Description:126 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Awards:Sheila A. Egoff Children's Book Prize.
ISBN:9780888991652
0888991657
Author Notes:Born in Merritt, B.C., Shirley was a member of the Interior Salish Nation of British Columbia. She earned a Bachelor of Education and a doctorate on oral traditions and the transmission of culture. She wrote My Name Is Seepeetza, which is based on her own childhood experiences at an Indian residential school. Acclaimed in both Canada and the United States, the book has won the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize. She also won the Laura Steiman Award for Children's Literature.

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