Picking Up The Pieces-FNCR20 Grade Four-Five-Six sixteen-year-old Cassandra and her family

sixteen-year-old Cassandra and her family flee to the Island

The inside cover includes a helpful map of this Arctic community and a glossary of Inuit terms introduced in the story

Kimberley Blaeser

This volume is an important account of the Algonquin Nation and their contemporary struggle for recognition and land rights

Cathy Rocke

Picking Up The Pieces-FNCR20 Grade Four-Five-Six sixteen-year-old Cassandra and her familyPicking Up the Pieces: Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a living work of art conceived by Carey Newman, Hayalthkin'geme, who is a multidisciplinary artist and master carver. In his artistic practice he strives to highlight Indigenous, social or environmental issues. The Witness Blanket includes hundreds of items collected from residential schools across Canada,