Reflections from Them Days : A Residential School Memoir from Nunatsiavut 2011 accounts by European explorers

accounts by European explorers

Many of the essays demonstrate how Native studies can productively engage with others seeking to dismantle and decolonize the settler state

This culminated with history's most famous farewell concert

and kindness but also language

Oral traditions and the memories of people have come through history and this work

Reflections from Them Days : A Residential School Memoir from Nunatsiavut 2011 accounts by European explorersAs told by Nellie Winters. Nellie Winters is an established artist who works out of Makkovik, NL. She was born in Okak Bay, NL, but in 1956 her family was relocated to Makkovik. Transcribed and edited by Erica Obendorfer. When Nellie Winters was 11 years old, she was sent to attend the Nain Boarding School, a residential school 400 kilometres from her home. In this memoir, she recalls life before residential school, her experiences at the school, and