{"product_id":"9781543658606","title":"They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School","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. These 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\u003eThey Called Me Number 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\u003eBev Sellars 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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035266564336,"sku":"9781543658606","price":9.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781543658606_p0.jpg?v=1763748808","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781543658606","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}