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Firefly: A Boarding School Story

ISBN

9798986298108

Publisher & Publication Year

Black Bears and Blueberries, 2022

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Author

Elizabeth Albert-Peacock (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe)

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Anna Granholm

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Between 1869 and the 1960s, thousands of Native American children were removed from their homes and families and placed in boarding schools. Operated by the federal government and the churches, these schools were designed to remove Native American children from their language and culture. This is the story of Firefly, one such child, and the fear she faced when she was torn from her family.

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