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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Newman, Carey, 1975-     Subjects     Newman, Carey, 1975- -- Juvenile literature.     Indigenous peoples -- Mental health -- Canada -- Juvenile literature.     Art therapy -- Juvenile literature.     Installations (Art) -- Canada -- Juvenile literature.     Reconciliation -- Juvenile literature.     Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Newman, Carey, 1975-       by title:      The Witness Blanket ...       by call number:      971.00497 N551wb     Search the Web     Newman, Carey, 1975-     Newman, Carey, 1975- -- Juvenile literature.     Indigenous peoples -- Mental health -- Canada -- Juvenile literature.     Art therapy -- Juvenile literature.     Installations (Art) -- Canada -- Juvenile literature.     Reconciliation -- Juvenile literature.     Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools -- Juvenile literature.       MARC Display

The Witness Blanket : truth, art and reconciliation / Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson. by Newman, Carey, 1975- Orca Books Publishers, c2022. Call #: 971.00497 N551wb Subjects Newman, Carey, 1975- -- Juvenile literature.   Indigenous peoples -- Mental health -- Canada -- Juvenile literature.   Art therapy -- Juvenile literature.   Installations (Art) -- Canada -- Juvenile literature.   Reconciliation -- Juvenile literature.   Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9781459836129 Alternate title:  Truth, art and reconciliation Description:  91 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. Notes:  Includes index. Contents:  Pieces of history -- Every object has a story -- I'm hungry -- Moccasins -- Photographs -- Kids will be kids -- Letters -- More than 100 years -- Fitting the pieces together -- Reconciliation is a journey. Summary:  For more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada. Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure that history is never forgotten. The Blanket is a living work of art - a collection of hundreds of objects from those schools. This book is a collection of truths about what happened at those schools, but it's also a beacon of hope and a step on the journey toward reconciliation. Newman is is Kwakwaka'wakw from the Kukwekum, Giiksam, and WaWalaby'ie clans of Fort Rupert, and Coast Salish from Cheam of the Sto:lo Nation along the upper Fraser Valley. He lives in Victoria, BC. A Dewey Diva pick. This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes items from every residential school in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them. Other authors:  Hudson, Kirstie, 1976- Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Children's Nonfiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection 971.00497 N551wb Childrens Books Checked out Jul 15, 2024 Add Copy to MyList J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Children's Nonfiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection 971.00497 N551wb Childrens Books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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