{"product_id":"they-called-me-number-one-9780889227415","title":"They Called Me Number One","description":"\u003cp\u003eBC Book Prize, Non-Fiction, Bev Sellars, \u003cstrong\u003eThey Called Me Number One\u003c\/strong\u003e (Finalist)\u003cbr\u003e Burt Award for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Literature: Bev Sellars, \u003cstrong\u003eThey Called Me Number One\u003c\/strong\u003e (Third Prize winner)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike thousands of Aboriginal children in Canada, and elsewhere in the colonized world, Xatsu'll chief Bev Sellars spent part of her childhood as a student in a church-run residential school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese institutions endeavored to \"civilize\" Native children through Christian teachings; forced separation from family, language, and culture; and strict discipline. Perhaps the most symbolically potent strategy used to alienate residential school children was addressing them by assigned numbers only--not by the names with which they knew and understood themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this frank and poignant memoir of her years at St. Joseph's Mission, Sellars breaks her silence about the residential school's lasting effects on her and her family--from substance abuse to suicide attempts--and eloquently articulates her own path to healing. \u003cem\u003eNumber One\u003c\/em\u003e comes at a time of recognition--by governments and society at large--that only through knowing the truth about these past injustices can we begin to redress them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bev Sellars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Talonbooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889227415","brand":"Talonbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45398079275145,"sku":"9780889227415","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_93601269-35ec-403b-9987-c348d2d676b8.jpg?v=1773727220","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/they-called-me-number-one-9780889227415","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}