Writing of the emotional, physical, and sexual abuse he experienced during the 12 years spent in an Indian residential school in Manitoba, Fontaine, a member of the Sagkeeng First Nation, brings a first-person voice to the children's experiences in the schools, the life-long negative impact the schools had on their lives, the program of manual labor added to their lessons, the local businesses that benefited from the children's labor, and the attitudes and behavior of the employees and religious who ran the schools.
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