They Called Me Number One
Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School
Ranked #37 in Canadian History
Xat'sull Chief Bev Sellars spent her childhood in a church-run residential school whose aim it was to "civilize" Native children through Christian teachings, forced separation from family and culture, and discipline. In addition, beginning at the age of five, Sellars was isolated for two years at Coqualeetza Indian Tuberculosis Hospital in Sardis, British Columbia, nearly six hours' drive from home. The trauma of these experiences has reverberated throughout her life.
The first full-length memoir to be published out of St. Joseph's Mission at Williams Lake, BC, Sellars tells of... more
The first full-length memoir to be published out of St. Joseph's Mission at Williams Lake, BC, Sellars tells of... more
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