Picking up the pieces : residential school memories and the making of the Witness Blanket / Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson.

By:

Newman, Carey, 1975- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Hudson, Kirstie, 1976- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, [2019]Description: vii, 170 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 x 28 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1459819950
9781459819955

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Picking up the pieces.DDC classification:

371.829/97071 23

LOC classification:

E96.2 .N49 2019

Other classification:

cci1icc

Available additional physical forms:

Issued also in electronic formats.

Contents:

Foreword -- Introduction -- Picking up the pieces -- Silent witness -- The first day of school -- Never enough -- Stitch by stitch -- Never forget -- Moments of humanity -- Out of the ashes -- The permanent record -- Plastic dolls -- Reclaiming the space -- Behind closed doors -- Identity -- Walking among memories -- Conclusion: The truth about reconciliation.

Summary: "This nonfiction book, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes hundreds of items from every Residential School in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them."-- Provided by publisher.Summary: Newman, a master carver and sculptor turned storyteller, takes us behind the scenes of his multi-panelled, three-dimensional traveling art installation that tells the story of Canada's residential school story. Along with co-writer Hudson, Newman teaches readers about the items, and how they relate to the residential schools in every province and territory. -- Adapted from jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
BOOK	Meaford Public Library Non-Fiction	Non-fiction	371 .829 Newma (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Indigenous		21180

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This nonfiction book, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes hundreds of items from every Residential School in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them."-- Provided by publisher.

Newman, a master carver and sculptor turned storyteller, takes us behind the scenes of his multi-panelled, three-dimensional traveling art installation that tells the story of Canada's residential school story. Along with co-writer Hudson, Newman teaches readers about the items, and how they relate to the residential schools in every province and territory. -- Adapted from jacket.

Issued also in electronic formats.

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