Shirley: An Indian Residential School Story buffalo dying mysteriously at a young

dying mysteriously at a young age

The four Anishinaabe authors discussed in the book

the Anishinaabeg and Dakota carved out a place for Native peoples in modern North America

to fight and defeat this evil force

the impact of Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's 2014 book is profound

Shirley: An Indian Residential School Story buffalo dying mysteriously at a youngShirley is only five years old when she is taken away by the Indian agent to live at a residential school. She loves learning, but she is not there by choice. From the first day walking up the long, lonely stone steps of the school building, life is hard and full of rules. Separated from her brothers and sisters, she is truly on her own. Shirley is very brave, but there is no one she loves to hold her at night when she is afraid. No one to tuck her in