Carey Newman, Kirstie Hudson

The Witness Blanket

Truth, Art and Reconciliation

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Produktbeschreibung

This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes items from every residential school in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orca Book Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Altersempfehlung: 9 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 196mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781459836129
• ISBN-10: 145983612X
• Artikelnr.: 63366398

Autorenporträt

Carey Newman or Hayalthkin'geme is a multidisciplinary artist and master carver. Through his father he is Kwakwaka'wakw from the Kukwekum, Giiksam, and WaWalaby'ie clans of Fort Rupert, and Coast Salish from Cheam of the Stó lo Nation along the upper Fraser Valley. Through his mother he is English, Irish, and Scottish. In his artistic practice he strives to highlight Indigenous, social or environmental issues. Carey was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 2017 and was named to the Order of British Columbia in 2018. With Kirstie Hudson, he co-authored Picking Up the Pieces: Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket which was a finalist for the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize and the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Nonfiction. Carey lives in Victoria, British Columbia.