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02194nam a2200301 a 4500 |
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231012s2023 bcca j 000 0 eng d |
| SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(Sirsi) i9781459833722 |
| CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
CaNSH |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
CaNSH |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
371.82997071 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781459833722 |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
Janicki, Peggy. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The secret pocket / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Peggy Janicki ; Carrielynn Victor. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
[Victoria, B.C.] : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Orca Book Publishers, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2023. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
1 volume (unpaged) : |
| Other physical details |
colour illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
28 cm. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The true story of how Indigenous girls at a Canadian residential school sewed secret pockets into their dresses to hide food and survive. Mary was four years old when she was first taken away to the Lejac Indian Residential School. It was far away from her home and family. Always hungry and cold, there was little comfort for young Mary. Speaking Dakelh was forbidden and the nuns and priest were always watching, ready to punish. Mary and the other girls had a genius idea: drawing on the knowledge from their mothers, aunts and grandmothers who were all master sewers, the girls would sew hidden pockets in their clothes to hide food. They secretly gathered materials and sewed at nighttime, then used their pockets to hide apples, carrots and pieces of bread to share with the younger girls. Based on the author's mother's experience at residential school, The Secret Pocket is a story of survival and resilience in the face of genocide and cruelty. But it's also a celebration of quiet resistance to the injustice of residential schools and how the sewing skills passed down through generations of Indigenous women gave these girls a future, stitch by stitch. |
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Off-reservation boarding schools |
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Dakelh First Nation |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Dakelh First Nation |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Indigenous peoples |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Indigenous students |
| ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Victor, Carrielynn, |
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| Koha item type |
01. English Non Fiction |
| LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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371.829 JAN 343 |
