Author's Experience
Her father travelled to where every summer in the 60s and 70s?
What is Maine?
What was a system of schools designed to "remove the indian" in Indigenous children?
What is Residential Schools?
the transmission of trauma effects from survivors to subsequent generations, impacting descendants through behavioral patterns, environmental factors, and biological changes
What is Intergeneration Trauma?
What did the author do to get a better understanding of the area where the story takes place?
What is a roadtrip with her father?
a series of policies were enacted in Canada that enabled child welfare authorities to take Indigenous children from their families and communities for placement in foster homes
What is the 60s Scoop?
what does MMIWG stand for?
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
How is this history passed down?
What is oral storytelling?
historical government officials, primarily in Canada (1830s–1960s) and the U.S., tasked with implementing policies, managing reserves, and enforcing the Indian Act to promote assimilation
What is an Indian Agent?
the concept that ancestral wisdom, experiences, and trauma are inherited genetically, residing in the blood and bone rather than just passed down verbally
What is Blood Memory?