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HomeThey Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at An Indian Residential School by Bev Sellars

They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at An Indian Residential School by Bev Sellars

  • They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at An Indian Residential School by Bev Sellars

They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at An Indian Residential School by Bev Sellars

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-They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School by Bev Sellars

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BC BookLook Review: They Called Me Number One

"Bev Sellars, chief of the Xat’sull (Soda Creek) First Nation in Williams Lake, has won the 2014 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness for her book They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School (Talonbooks 2013)."

BC Studies Review: They Called Me Number One

"A third-generation Indian Residential School survivor, Sellers poignantly illustrates her personal struggles and those of her family and community, the Xat’sull (Soda Creek) First Nation in Williams Lake"

Bev Sellars Biography

University of Victoria. "Bev Sellars is a former councillor and chief of the Xat’sull (Soda Creek) First Nation in Williams Lake, British Columbia."

Indigenous author Bev Sellars hopes to spur more aboriginal people to write

The Georgia Straight. "Bev Sellars has shown how historians shortchanged indigenous achievements."

Now that you know, you can’t turn a blind eye: An Interview with Bev Sellars

PRISM International. "Now an author, her first book [...] won the 2014 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature, took third prize in the 2014 Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature and spent more than forty weeks on the BC bestseller list."

Quill and Quire Review: They Called Me Number One

"Her memoir provides invaluable insight into the enduring effects of a tragic and shameful part of our collective past, and also helps to begin the process of healing."

Rabble Review: They Called Me Number One

"Decolonizing mind and soul: 'They Called Me Number One' is a powerful read about residential schools and systemic racism"

The Wellness Almanac Review: They Called Me Number One

"Residential schools are a dark period in Canadian history that continue to cast a long shadow over our country."

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