New book documents harms — and resistance — at Northern residential schools – CBC

Jan 06, 2025

Intergenerational survivor sheds light on experiences at Inuvik residential schools

A new book chronicles the experiences of Northern Indigenous people at residential schools with a particular look at Grollier Hall and Stringer Hall in Inuvik, N.W.T.

Crystal Gail Fraser, author of By Strength, We Are Still Here: Indigenous Peoples and Indian Residential Schooling in Inuvik, is Gwichyà Gwich’in and originally from Inuvik.

Fraser, an associate professor in history and Native studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, says she hopes the book will help demystify the experiences of survivors and lead to more nation building and sovereignty.

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