Picking Up the Pieces
Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket
Published on 10. September 2019
Book
Hardback
180 pages
978-1-4598-1995-5 (ISBN)
Description
This nonfiction book, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes hundreds of items from every residential school in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
2 Maps; 250 Halftones, color
Dimensions
Height: 259 mm
Width: 282 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1361 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4598-1995-5 (9781459819955)
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Persons
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 lō 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. He lives in Victoria, British Columbia.