Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story Mojave What I adored most about

What I adored most about this book is that it has so little to do with the white gaze

representation

author of Turn Here Sweet Corn

the traditional usage of the Ojibwe language has seriously diminished

Simpson is our much-needed historian of the future

Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story Mojave What I adored most aboutInspired by true events, this story of strength, family, and culture shares the awe inspiring resilience of Elder Betty Ross. Abandoned as a young child, Betsy is adopted into a loving family. A few short years later, at the age of 8, everything changes. Betsy is taken away to a residential school. There she is forced to endure abuse and indignity, but Betsy recalls the words her father spoke to her at Sugar Falls words that give her the resilience,