Interview: Indigenous Writing and the Residential School Legacy: A Public Interview with Basil Johnston
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Basil Johnston
Sam McKegney
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 34, no. 2, 2009, pp. 264-274
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Transcript of an interview, conducted in 2007, in which Johnston discusses his personal experiences as well as what he sees as the wider impact of the residential school system.
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, vol. 47, no. 2, 2009, pp. [201]-251
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