CANADA
CBC News
September 5, 2018
By Jean Paetkau
CBC Series Beyond Beads and Bannock takes an in-depth look at Indigenous curriculum in B.C. schools
A braid. A child’s shoe. A brick.
These are some of the items collected from residential school buildings and residential school survivors that will become part of a new textbook for middle school students.
These artIfacts were originally gathered by Carey Newman, a Kwalgiulth carver and artist. He recorded the stories of survivors while incorporating these items into his Witness Blanket project, a physical monument to the residential school experience.
“Altogether, we got over 880 items and photographs and documents,” Newman said.
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