{"product_id":"tsqelmucwilc-9781551529066","title":"Tsqelmucwílc","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eIn May 2021, the world was shocked by the news of the detection of 215 unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS) in British Columbia, Canada. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGround-penetrating radar established the deaths of students as young as three in the infamous residential school system, where children were systematically removed from their families and brought to the schools. At these Christian-run and government-supported institutions, they were subjected to physical, mental and sexual abuse while their Indigenous languages and traditions were stifled and denounced. The egregious abuses suffered at residential schools everywhere created a multi-generational legacy of trauma for those who survived and, as the 2021 discoveries confirmed, death for too many.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Tsquelmucwílc” (pronounced cha-CAL-mux-weel) is a Secwepemc phrase loosely translated as “We\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ereturn to being human again.”\u003ci\u003e Tsqelmucwílc\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of those who survived the Kamloops Indian Residential School, based on the book \u003ci\u003eResistance and Renewal\u003c\/i\u003e, a groundbreaking history of the school published in 1988―the first book on residential schools ever published in Canada. \u003ci\u003eTsqelmucwílc \u003c\/i\u003eincludes the\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eoriginal text as well as new material by the original book’s author, Celia Haig-Brown; essays by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecwepemc \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epoet and KIRS survivor Garry Gottfriedson and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNuu-Chah-Nulth elder \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand residential school survivor Randy Fred; and first-hand reminiscences by other survivors of KIRS as well as their children on their experience of KIRS and the impact of their residential school trauma throughout their lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRead both within and outside the context of the grim 2021 discoveries, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTsqelmucwílc \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a tragic story in the history of Indigenous peoples of the indignities suffered at the hands of their colonizers, but it is equally a remarkable tale of Indigenous survival, resilience, and courage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A book with many images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Celia Haig-Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48278210609403,"sku":"9781551529066","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781551529066.jpg?v=1772484715","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/tsqelmucwilc-9781551529066","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}