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 able to hunt or fish or make baskets or anything useful anymore.” Given what you have learned about residential schools, why do you think Quaslametko believes this to be true?