{"product_id":"the-education-of-augie-merasty-a-residential-school-memoir-new-edition-pb","title":"The Education of Augie Merasty A Residential School Memoir - New Edition PB","description":"By Joseph Auguste (Augie) Merasty with contributions by David Carpenter.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow available in paperback!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA courageous and intimate memoir, The Education of Augie Merasty is the story of a child who faced the dark heart of humanity, let loose by the cruel policies of a bigoted nation.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA retired fisherman and trapper who sometimes lived rough on the streets, Augie Merasty was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of aggressive assimilation.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs Augie recounts, these schools did more than attempt to mold children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Augie's sense of humour and warm voice shine through. A retired Cree trapper, Joseph Auguste Merasty attended St. Therese Residential School in Sturgeon Landing, Saskatchewan, from 1935 to 1944. He lived in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"In this book I have seen horror through eyes of a child.\" - James Daschuk, author of Clearing the Plains\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A story in which our entire nation has an obscure and dark complicity.\" - David Carpenter, co-author of The Education of Augie Merasty and author of The Gold \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"One of the most important titles to be published this spring\" - The Globe and Mail","brand":"University of Regina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56394949427505,"sku":"kbk1789938624269","price":10.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/0925\/7009\/files\/the-education-of-augie-merasty-a-residential-school-memoir---new-edition-pb_1.jpg?v=1789938629","url":"https:\/\/canistersealfit.shop\/products\/the-education-of-augie-merasty-a-residential-school-memoir-new-edition-pb","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}