Reflections from Them Days : A Residential School Memoir from Nunatsiavut 2011 Kimberly Blaeser (Chippewa)

Kimberly Blaeser (Chippewa)

Many of the essays demonstrate how Native studies can productively engage with others seeking to dismantle and decolonize the settler state

and political implications of the recent Supreme Court decision on the Donald Marshall case

accounts by European explorers

This book has implications for all urban areas that have a population of Aboriginal People

Reflections from Them Days : A Residential School Memoir from Nunatsiavut 2011 Kimberly Blaeser (Chippewa)As told by Nellie Winters. Nellie Winters is an established artist who works out of Makkovik, NL. She was born in Okak Bay, NL, but in 1956 her family was relocated to Makkovik. Transcribed and edited by Erica Obendorfer. 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