![]() ![]() THEY CALLED ME NUMBER ONE: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School is a discursive articulation of land and relationship from the perspective of the Secwepemc writer and former chief of Xat'sull First Nation, Bev Sellars. Shame and silence were no match for story the suppressed truths couldn't remain hidden forever. ![]() But what the authorities didn't take into account was the capacity for old bonds to be rewoven and new links to be formed as people began to share their stories and experiences, in person and in print. What is often forgotten in discussions of residential school policy is that one of its fundamental purposes was to dismantle Indigenous resistance through a direct, sustained attack on families and the full network of relations and practices that enabled health and self-determination. ![]()
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