Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story

Sugar Falls: A Residential School StoryInspired by true events, this story of strength, family, and culture shares the awe inspiring resilience of Elder Betty Ross. Abandoned as a young child, Betsy is adopted into a loving family. A few short years later, at the age of 8, everything changes. Betsy is taken away to a residential school. There she is forced to endure abuse and indignity, but Betsy recalls the words her father spoke to her at Sugar Falls words that give her the resilience,

Expertly told by three-time National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin

Dwayne eventually focused on humor as his way to comment on the objectification of Native Americans

heartwarming love letter to her family and friends on the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe reservation

Mihesuah’s award-winning novel

legends and myths

Designed as an introduction for Cree language learners

It is a monolingual text presented only in Anishinaabemowin

Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) was a mixed-blood Sioux

Compelling

Only in his grandmother’s company does he find solace and true companionship

both educators—show ways to incorporate authentic learning experiences about Native Americans into your curriculum

chiefly at L'Anse (Michigan) on Keweenaw Bay