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On a field trip to Chinatown in Victoria, BC, thirteen-year-old Jasmine Steele passes through a doorway and finds herself in the Fan Tan Alley of the 1880's. There, she meets Keung, a 16-year-old boy who has recently arrived from China to search for his father, believed to be one of the thousands of Chinese working on the hazardous construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Jasmine joins him on his quest, but soon discovers that they are searching...
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Indigenous History: Children and Families
Orange Shirt Day/Truth & Reconciliation Day/Residential Schools - Children
Orange Shirt Day/Truth & Reconciliation Day/Residential Schools - Children
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In the 1800s, the education of First Nations children was taken on by various churches, in government-sponsored residential schools. Children were forcibly taken from their families in order to erase their traditional languages and cultures.
As Long as the Rivers Flow is the story of Larry Loyie's last summer before entering residential school. It is a time of learning and adventure. He cares for an abandoned baby owl and watches his grandmother...
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