She won the 2017 Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People. She lives in Thunder Bay, Ont., and recently retired as a professor in the Indigenous Learning Department at Lakehead University. She has written seven novels for middle grade and teen readers. Ruby Slipperjack is a member of the Eabametoong First Nation. These Are My Words is for readers ages 9–12. A fear of forgetting who she was.ĭrawing from her own experiences at residential school, Ruby Slipperjack creates a brave yet heartbreaking heroine in Violet, and lets young readers glimpse into an all-too-important chapter in our nation's history. ( From Scholastic Canada) But worst of all, she is afraid of forgetting the things she treasures most: her Anishnabe language, the names of those she knew before and her traditional customs. She misses her Grandma she has run-ins with Cree girls at her "white" school, everyone just stares and everything she brought has been taken from her, including her name - she is now just a number. Slipperjack attended Shingwauk Residential School in Sault Ste. Violet Pesheens is struggling to adjust to her new life at residential school. Ruby Slipperjack was born in Whitewater Lake, Ontario, where she was raised on traditional stories and crafts.
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