Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations x
4. Dedication xvi
5. Preface xviii
6. The Residential Years, 1958–67
7. We All Got Along and Treated Each Other with Kindness And Respect 4
8. Assiniboia was a Place of Hope for us . . . But it was Still a Residential School 16
9. Sihkos’ Story: Assiniboia Indian Residential School 33
10. It’s A Whole Different way of Life 39
11. Two Hundred and Twenty-Two Miles from Home 43
12. On the Whole, It Was a Good Experience 46
13. You Gotta Keep Going . . . No Matter What 53
14. What the Hell am I Doing Here? 66
15. KēKwan-Ochiy? Why? 74
16. We Were Told to Hand the Flame to a White Runner 82
17. The Hostel Years, 1967–73
18. You’re Not Protecting Us 92
19. I Stuck with it 100
20. Assiniboia and the Archive
21. The Archive Remembers: Reading an Institution’s Memory 112
22. Staff Remembrances
23. I Loved the Students Like they were my kid Brothers and Sisters 134
24. We Won More Than We Lost 142
25. Neighbours
26. I Was Unaware 152
27. They Were There, and Did Their Best 154
28. I Think They’re Boys from the Indian School 157
29. The City of Winnipeg Remembers
30. Assiniboia Residential School Interpretive Panel Project 170
31. La Vérité 182
32. Canadian Centre for Child Protection 184
33. Residential School in City’s Backyard 186
34. Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation
35. Reunion and Remembrance: Gathering Knowledge 194
36. The Legacy of Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation 206
37. Acknowledgements 215
38. Appendix: Assiniboia Indian Residential School Timeline 219
39. Notes 225
40. Contributors 239