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Olemaun pokiak6/20/2023 The Raven, as Margaret calls her, often singles her out for extra chores and sometimes, for humiliation. Margaret also becomes the target of one teacher’s wrath. Apparently there is more to school than learning to read. Her hair is cut, and she is forced to do many, many chores as well as work in the adjacent hospital. Olemaun is quickly given a new name – Margaret. Unfortunately, school is not what she expects. He finally consents and at eight years old, Olemaun is brought to her new school to begin her studies. Her father will not allow it.īut over time, Olemaun wears her father down. Not only that, but she will have to stay at the residential school, run by nuns, for the entire school year. But Olemaun lives in the High Arctic, and to attend school she will have to make a five-day journey to Aklavik, Northwest Territories. Young Olemaun Pokiak is desperate to go to school and learn to read like her sister. Fatty LegsBy Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
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