Thou Shalt Not Be An Indian

Thou Shalt Not Be An Indian

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  • Author:Robert Kakakaway
  • ISBN:B08HTM7VZJ
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Summary

Robert Kakakaway attended Marieval Indian Residential School for six torturous years。 His powerful memoir is more than just a glimpse, so prepare yourself, as you witness his daily experiences and the hardships he faced inside the prison walls of this notorious residential school。 Sadly, his story is a common theme in most residential schools: it was wrong to be an Indian。 Robert had a very happy childhood until he was six when his life changed for the worse。 Most children have no concept of Hell, Robert found it, Robert experienced it。 The happy times became memories, replaced by loneliness, fear and abuse。 Robert endured the bullies and lived each day in fear of being punished for something he did or did not do。 As he learned a different way of life, his parents became strangers。The great outdoors he knew as a child, replaced by foreign teachings from the Bible。

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Carlie

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 The book was a good read, documents his first year through the residential school and how confusing it was for him at 6 years old to understand why people were treating him badly because of who he was。 Using fear to make the children obey, & the trickle down of abuse from the priest's/nuns, to the older students, to the younger students。 The book compares his old life to the new life he's in and how he feels of both。 It mentions sexual abuse & physical abuse, but not in detail just in passing。 I The book was a good read, documents his first year through the residential school and how confusing it was for him at 6 years old to understand why people were treating him badly because of who he was。 Using fear to make the children obey, & the trickle down of abuse from the priest's/nuns, to the older students, to the younger students。 The book compares his old life to the new life he's in and how he feels of both。 It mentions sexual abuse & physical abuse, but not in detail just in passing。 It's mostly based around his feelings, emotions, and his understanding of what's going on around him as a 6 year old boy。 。。。more

Ruth

I was a bit disappointed in this book。 I was expecting to read a personal report about the horrifying truth about Residential Schools。 It was good to learn that not all Residential Schools were the same。