A Student At St. Mary’s Residential School

When Blanche Bruisedhead was 7, an RCMP Officer and priest threatened her parents with jail time if they didn’t send their daughter to St. Mary’s Residential School. Read Blanche’s account of her time at St. Mary’s.

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Blackfoot and Blanche

Blanche Bruisedhead and her follow Niitsitapi students were forced to stop speaking Blackfoot at St. Mary’s Residential School. Learn about her experience learning English by force, and now teaching Blackfoot to students of all ages.

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