Consists of an interview where Adam Solway talks about being orphaned at 8 years and adopted by the Blackfoot Reserve, Alta; his attendance at a residential school; becoming a councillor and then chief of the reserve. He comments on the issues he had to deal with as well as providing comments on contemporary lifestyles and leadership.
Presents Aboriginal Healing Foundation's code of conduct which is designed to ensure safety ,as well as fictional stories to illustrate various aspects of ethics.
Anglican Journal, vol. 126, no. 8, October 2000, p. 1
Description
Alvin Tolley, an Algonquin who attended a residential school, forms Organization of United Reborn Survivors with the goal of forming alliance with churches to demand establishment of independent tribunal.
She was born on the Little Pine Reserve, the first girl from that reserve to attend high school. She tells of some childhood memories; naming ceremonies; significance of Indian names; the training of children, especially girls; menarche seclusion; women: influence of, in religion and ceremonialism, pregnancy; her education: traditional; experiences in Anglican boarding school (integrated) in Saskatoon; training for roles as wife and mother.