My decade at Old Sun, my lifetime of hell /

My decade at Old Sun, my lifetime of hell /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bear Chief, Arthur, 1942- author.
Imprint:	Edmonton, Alberta, Canadea : AU Press, 2016. ©2016
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Our lives: diary, memoir, and letters
Subject:	Bear Chief, Arthur, -- 1942- Bear Chief, Arthur, -- 1942- Old Sun Indian Residential School (Gleichen, Alta.) Old Sun Indian Residential School (Gleichen, Alta.) Abused Indian children -- Alberta -- Gleichen -- Biography. Adult child abuse victims -- Alberta -- Gleichen -- Biography. Siksika Indians -- Alberta -- Biography. Siksika Indians -- Education -- Alberta. Siksika Indians -- Social life and customs. Adult child abuse victims. Siksika Indians. Siksika Indians -- Education. Siksika Indians -- Social life and customs. Gleichen (Alta.) Alberta. Alberta -- Gleichen. Electronic book. Autobiography Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11757817

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ISBN:	9781771991766 1771991763 9781771991773 1771991771 9781771991780 177199178X 9781771991759 1771991755
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172). PDF: Unrestricted online access. Unrestricted online access. EPUB: Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. Online access with authorization. Online resource; title from PDF version (Library and Archives Canada Electronic Collection, viewed July 19, 2021)
Summary:	"Arthur Bear Chief suffered both sexual and psychological abuse during his time at Old Sun Residential school in Gleichen on the Siksika Nation. My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell is a of chronological vignettes that depict the punishment, cruelty, and injustice that Arthur endured at Old Sun and then later relived in the traumatic process of retelling his story in connection with a complicated claims procedure. Late in life, after working for both the provincial and federal government, Arthur returned home to Gleichen. It was there that he began to reconnect with Blackfoot language and culture and to write his story."--Publisher's description.
Other form:	Print version: Bear Chief, Arthur, 1942- My decade at Old Sun, my lifetime of hell. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : AU Press, [2016] 1771991755 9781771991759

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Summary:	My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell is a simple and outspoken account of the sexual and psychological abuse that Arthur Bear Chief suffered during his time at Old Sun Residential school in Gleichen on the Siksika Nation.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172).
ISBN:	9781771991766 1771991763 9781771991773 1771991771 9781771991780 177199178X 9781771991759 1771991755
Access:	PDF: Unrestricted online access. EPUB: Access restricted to LAC onsite clients.