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Author Penny, Josie

Title So few on earth : a Labrador Métis woman remembers / Josie Penny
Published Toronto [Ont.] : Dundurn Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (322 pages)
Contents The Wild Land That is My Home -- Part One Early Life -- 1 Before Memory -- 2 Berry Picking -- 3 Shifting in the Bay -- 4 Roaches Brook -- 5 Mommy's Work -- 6 Hunting and Trapping -- 7 Springtime and Shifting Outside -- 8 Spotted Island -- 9 The Making of the Fish -- 10 Medical Care and Mail Delivery
Part Two Lockwood [Boarding- Residential schools] -- 11 Heading for Lockwood [Residential school] -- 12 Arriving at Lockwood -- 13 School Days -- 14 Learning the Rules -- 15 Special Times at Lockwood -- 16 Longing for Home -- 17 The Children Return -- 18 Learning to Cope
Part Three Return to Family -- 19 Getting Home -- 20 Muddy Bay -- 21 The Move to Cartwright -- 22 St. Peter's School -- 23 Life in Cartwright -- 24 A Joyous Winter -- 25 Spring Adventures
Part Four Later Life -- 26 My First Job -- 27 Challenges -- 28 Coping with Tragedy -- 29 Early Teens -- 30 Growing Up -- 31 Love and Conflict -- 32 Leaving Childhood Behind
Summary Set against the beauty and ruggedness of the Labrador coast, So Few on Earth is the story of Josie Penny's perseverance after suffering atrocious punishments, merciless teasing, and the humiliation of two rapes while at Lockwood School. Escaping into reading, Josie saw the possibility of starting life anew
Notes English
Subject Penny, Josie -- Family
Penny, Josie -- Childhood and youth
Métis children -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- Biography
Métis women -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
HISTORY -- General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Families
Métis children
Métis women
Métis
Alltag
SUBJECT Cartwright Region (N.L.) -- Biography
Labrador (N.L.) -- Biography
Subject Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador
Newfoundland
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010534765
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