My Name Is Seepeetza

Her name was Seepeetza when she was at home with her family. But now that she's living at the Indian residential school her name is Martha Stone, and everything else about her life has changed as well.Told in the honest voice of a sixth grader, this is the story of a young Native girl forced to live in a world governed by strict nuns, arbitrary rules, and a policy against talking in her own dialect, even with her family. Seepeetza finds bright spots, but most of all she looks forward to summers and holidays at home.Based on her own experiences, Shirley Sterling's powerful first novel reveals the impact of a racist school policy on the life of one indomitable young spirit and her family.

Children's Books

Sterling, Shirley

Literature & Fiction

Bt Bound

<p>Her name was Seepeetza when she was at home with her family. But now that she's living at the Indian residential school her name is Martha Stone, and everything else about her life has changed as well. Told in the honest voice of a sixth grader, this is the story of a young Native girl forced to live in a world governed by strict nuns, arbitrary rules, and a policy against talking in her own dialect, even with her family. Seepeetza finds bright spots, but most of all she looks forward to summers and holidays at home.<br></p>

History

GROUNDWOOD BOOKS *

A young Native American girl, Seepeetza finds herself caught between cultures and confused by painful feelings of alienation and isolation as she spends months at an Indian residential school, where her name is changed to Martha Stone.

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Courageous Spirits Aboriginal

Smith,Jeff

Archibald, Jo-Ann

Friesen, Val

Americas

Theytus Books

My Name Is Seepeetza: 30th Anniversary Edition

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