Shirley: An Indian Residential School Story buffalo These narrative

These narrative

These poems not only evoke a sense of spirit that transcends boundaries but they also bear traditional knowledge

the Anishinaabeg and Dakota carved out a place for Native peoples in modern North America

Having never taken himself too seriously

dying mysteriously at a young age

Shirley: An Indian Residential School Story buffalo These narrativeShirley is only five years old when she is taken away by the Indian agent to live at a residential school. She loves learning, but she is not there by choice. From the first day walking up the long, lonely stone steps of the school building, life is hard and full of rules. Separated from her brothers and sisters, she is truly on her own. Shirley is very brave, but there is no one she loves to hold her at night when she is afraid. No one to tuck her in