Book Launch
Moonshadow coming out soon:
Author’s Note
I was compelled to write this book shortly after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada had released its report, the media prolific with stories about Indian residential schools. I couldn’t get these heartbreaking tales of neglect, deprivation, and physical and emotional abuse out of my head.
As a teacher working in the regular school system—and a product of a white, middle-class upbringing—I had been living in a bubble with its perks and privileges. I needed to step outside of my world and share what I had learned; so, for three years I’ve been visiting Native cultural events and centres and reading everything I could get my hands on about Indigenous issues in Canada; some of these excellent resources are listed below. If Indigenous readers find mistakes in the story, I ask that they forgive me, for I still have much to learn.
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