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Genocidal Love

A Life after Residential School

by (author) Bevann Fox

Publisher
University of Regina Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2020
Category
Cultural Heritage, Native Americans, Native American & Aboriginal, Indigenous Studies
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780889777453
    Publish Date
    Sep 2020
    List Price
    $21.99

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Genocidal Love delves into the long-term effects of childhood trauma on those who attended residential school and demonstrates the power of story to help in recovery and healing. Presenting herself as “Myrtle,” Bevann Fox recounts her early childhood filled with love and warmth on the First Nation reservation with her grandparents. At the age of seven she was sent to residential school, and her horrific experiences of abuse there left her without a voice, timid and nervous, never sure, never trusting, and always searching. / This is the story of Myrtle battling to recover her voice. This is the story of her courage and resilience throughout the arduous process required to make a claim for compensation for the abuse she experienced at residential school—a process that turned out to be yet another trauma at the hands of the colonial power. / This is the story of one woman finally standing up to the painful truth of her past and moving beyond it for the sake of her children and grandchildren. In recounting her tumultuous life, Fox weaves truth and fiction together as a means of bringing clarity to the complex emotions and situations she faced as she walked her path toward healing.

About the author

Bevann Fox, a member of Pasqua First Nation, received her BA and MBA from the University of Regina. Honoured with the YWCA Women of Distinction Award–Cultural and Heritage, she is the founder, producer, and co-host of Access TV’s The Four. Bevann lives in Regina.

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