Picking up the pieces : residential school memories and the making of the Witness Blanket

Picking up the pieces : residential school memories and the making of the Witness Blanket / Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson.

Author/creator	Newman, Carey, 1975- author.
Other author/creator	Hudson, Kirstie, 1976- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, [2019]
Copyright Notice	©2019
Description	vii, 170 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 x 28 cm
Subject(s)	Indian blankets--Canada. Adult child abuse victims--Canada. Adult child abuse victims--Mental health --Canada. Art therapy--Canada. Off-reservation boarding schools--Canada --History. Indigenous peoples--Canada --Residential schools. Indigenous peoples--Mental health --Canada.

Contents	Foreword -- Introduction -- Picking up the pieces -- Silent witness -- The first day of school -- Never enough -- Stitch by stitch -- Never forget -- Moments of humanity -- Out of the ashes -- The permanent record -- Plastic dolls -- Reclaiming the space -- Behind closed doors -- Identity -- Walking among memories -- Conclusion: The truth about reconciliation.
Abstract	"This nonfiction book, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes hundreds of items from every Residential School in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience	1020 Lexile
Issued in other form	Online version: Newman, Carey, 1975- Picking up the pieces. Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2019 1459819977 9781459819979
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2019934047
ISBN	1459819950 (hardcover)
ISBN	9781459819955 (hardcover)