{"product_id":"9780889227422","title":"They Called Me Number One","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike thousands of Aboriginal children in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere in the colonized world, Xatsu'll chief Bev Sellars spent part of her childhood as a student in a church-run residential school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese institutions endeavored to \"civilize\" Native children through Christian teachings; forced separation from family, language, and culture; and strict discipline. Perhaps the most symbolically potent strategy used to alienate residential school children was addressing them by assigned numbers only—not by the names with which they knew and understood themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this frank and poignant memoir of her years at St. Joseph's Mission, Sellars breaks her silence about the residential school's lasting effects on her and her family—from substance abuse to suicide attempts—and eloquently articulates her own path to healing. \u003ci\u003eNumber One\u003c\/i\u003e comes at a time of recognition—by governments and society at large—that only through knowing the truth about these past injustices can we begin to redress them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBev Sellars\u003c\/b\u003e is chief of the Xatsu'll (Soda Creek) First Nation in Williams Lake, British Columbia. She holds a degree in history from the University of Victoria and a law degree from the University of British Columbia. She has served as an advisor to the British Columbia Treaty Commission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Talonbooks, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116031918320,"sku":"9780889227422","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780889227422_p0.jpg?v=1763853717","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780889227422","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}