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When Nellie Winters was 11 years old, she was sent to attend the Nain Boarding School, a residential school 400 kilometres from her home. In this memoir, she recalls life before residential school, her experiences at the school, and what it was like to come home.
Accompanied by the author’s original illustrations, this moving, often funny memoir sheds light on the experiences of Inuit residential school survivors in Labrador.
Price: $12.95
Pages: 26
Publisher: Arvaaq Press
Imprint: Arvaaq Press
Series: Qinuisaarniq
Publication Date:
15 September 2020
Trim Size: 7.00 X 9.00 in
ISBN: 9781774502075
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Canada / Indigenous, Children’s picture books, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Canada / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Polar Regions
"To read Elder Nellie Winters’ memoir, which is a book for all ages, is to better understand the history and impacts of residential schools in Labrador; as well as gain an appreciation for what it’s taken for survivors like Winters to keep their Inuit culture and community alive today."
— Atlantic Books
"Reflections from Them Days offers a good look at what life was like for Inuit children in residential schools as well as with their life with their families. Winters’ drawings and stories are a great way for children to learn how people and children lived back in them days. Highly Recommended"
— Canadian Review of Materials