Marlene Carvell
Auteur van Who Will Tell My Brother?
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Sweetgrass Basket door Marlene Carvell
I had read other fiction books about Native Americans being forced to adjust to white culture, but this... this was one of the most moving historical fiction books I've ever read. It does not hesitate to tell the truth about what these children went through. Here is the good, the bad, and the everyday of what it was like for so many Native children to go to "Indian" schools run by white people. Inspired by the experience of author's great aunt (in-law) in a similar school.
Evan takes up his older brother's fight to change the high school mascot, an Indian.
Told in free verse poetry. *SPOILER* Sarah and Mattie are two Mohawk girls sent to a boarding school off the reservation. It is a cold place run by the hard, stern Mrs. Dwyer. The children are forbidden to speak their native language and connot keep items from home such as Indian crafts. The girls are among the other Indian children but even with the few friends they make they are never at ease in this environment. At first the older Mattie seems to thrive academically and loves her teacher Miss Weston, while the more reticent Sarah struggles. But when Mrs. Dwyer accuses Mattie of stealing her brooch, the accusation weighs heavily on her and she runs away. After several days of cold and wet she is returned to the school to face cruel punishment. Mattie becomes ill from her journey and broken spirit and dies in Sarah's arms.… (meer)
Two sisters, Mattie and Sarah, had to experience life off of their Mohawk reservation after their mother's death. Through their experiences, they learn how to hold onto their culture and beliefs. This is a powerful and impacting novel that intertwines real experiences of Native American children.
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