by boot | Feb 25, 2025
New Year’s Eve (December 31, 1958) Seepeetza describes a family gathering on New Year’s Eve. How were her celebrations similar and different to those you and/or others in your community have?
by boot | Feb 25, 2025
Conflicting Emotions (November 13, 1958) Seepeetza comments on a photo taken of the Irish dancing group she was part of. She says, “I look happy. How can I look happy when I’m scared all the time?” Why do you think she is asking this?
by boot | Feb 25, 2025
Loss of Language (November 13, 1958) Seepeetza expresses a desire to learn Indigenous languages and be an interpreter like her father, but her father and mother do not wish to teach them their language. Seepeetza wonders why it is bad. Why do you think the nuns and...
by boot | Feb 25, 2025
Loss of Culture (October 30,1958) In the final two sentences of the journal entry, Seepeetza’s grandmother is quoted as saying “Quaslametko didn’t want her and her brothers and sisters to go to school, because school would turn them into white people. They wouldn’t be...
by boot | Feb 25, 2025
Conflict (October 2, 1958) Seepeetza describes a conflict at school with her schoolmates. Discuss ways that you address conflict and in this case name calling within your school community.
