Residential Schools
What type of school did Bev Sellars go to as a child?
What is the name of the author of the book?
Who is Bev Sellars?
What was the purpose of residential schools?
What is their culture and identity?
What helped Bev start to feel better after everything she went through?
What is reconnecting with her culture and talking about her story?
Who ran the residential schools?
Who are the churches and the Canadian government?
How did Bev feel when she first went to the school?
What is scared or confused?
What job did Bev do later in her life to help her community?
What is chief or community leader?
What language did Bev’s family speak before the school?
What is her Indigenous language (Shuswap)?
Who helped Bev reconnect with her culture?
Who is her family or other Indigenous community members?
Why were Indigenous children taken from their homes?
What is to make them act more like white Canadians?
What were children not allowed to do at the school?
What is speak their language or follow their culture?
What did Bev struggle with when she was a teenager?
What is feeling lost, depressed, or unsure of herself?
Why was it important for Bev to learn about her culture again?
What is to feel proud and connected to who she is?
How did writing the book help Bev?
What is it helped her express her pain and heal?
Are residential schools still open today?
What is no, they have been closed?
Who sent Bev to the residential school?
Who are her parents?
Did Bev sellers continue her education after residential schools?
What is yes, she continued her education?
Did children at the school get to keep their real names?
What is no, they were given numbers or English names?
What did Bev want to teach her children?
What is to be proud of who they are and not be ashamed?
What did the Truth and Reconciliation Commission do?
What is it told the truth about what happened in residential schools?
Where did the children sleep at the school?
What are dormitories or shared rooms?
Why did Bev decide to share her story?
What is to help others and tell the truth about her experience?
What part of Indigenous culture was not allowed at the school?
What are traditional ceremonies, languages, and teachings?
What advice does Bev give to young Indigenous people?
What is to stay strong, learn their history, and speak their truth?
How did the Canadian government try to change Indigenous families?
How did colonization impact Indigenous governance systems?