When residential schools opened in the 1830s, First Nations envisioned their own teachers, ministers and interpreters. Instead, students were regularly forced to renounce their cultures and languages and some were subjected to degradations and abuses that left severe emotional scars for generations.

In Finding My Talk, fourteen aboriginal women who attended residential schools, or were affected by them, reflect on their experiences. They describe their years in residential schools across Canada and how they overcame tremendous obstacles to become strong and independent members of aboriginal cultures and valuable members of Canadian society. (From Fifth House Books)

Dr. Agnes Grant was an author, educator, professor and administrator who worked with the Native Teacher Training programs at Brandon University.