Indian Horse

Indian Horse

Quotes " At St. Germ's the kids called me "Zhaunagysh" because I could speak and red English. Most of them had been pulled from the deep North and knew only Ojibway. Speaking a word in that language could get you beaten or banished to the box in basement the older ones had come to call the Iron sister."(page48) Explain that about Residential School " language"

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A large part of breaking the spirit of these children and assimilating them was to make them forget their native language. This was done so they eventually could only express themselves in English.