Behind Closed Doors: Stories from the Kamloops Indian Residential School

Behind Closed Doors: Stories from the Kamloops Indian Residential SchoolBehind Closed Doors features written testimonials from thirty two individuals who attended the Kamloops Indian Residential School. The school was one of many infamous residential schools that operated from 1893 to 1979. These storytellers give voice to the thousands as they remember and share with us their stolen time at the school; many stories are told through courageous tears.

David Peat went to a Blackfoot Sun Dance ceremony

Native North American groups throughout the hemisphere have been avid watchers of the sky and have carefully noted the cyclic patterns of the Sun and Moon

as well as the Eastern Band of Cherokee and Ho-Chunk

Whether appreciated as the poignant tale of a Lakota life

this collection presents an array of singular voices at their genre-bending

converge in 1676 with the captivity of Mary Rowlandson

these luminaries give voice to their individual experiences while shedding light on the depth and complexity of modern Native American identity

Risking their own lives to rescue the girls

Norvia is certain that her future depends upon it

Charles and Rah aim to recover a common memory and shared understanding of where we have been and where we are going

” ―David Treuer

scorched away by a war that no one living remembers