“In reading The Education of Augie Merasty, I have seen horror through
the eyes of a child.” —James Daschuk, author of Clearing the Plains
A courageous and intimate memoir, The Education of Augie Merasty is
the story of a child who endured life in an Indian residential school. There he
faced the dark heart of humanity, let loose by the policies of a bigoted nation.
As a small boy, Augie endured cold, hunger, and beatings, and was even forced
to walk for hours in - 40° to find his lost mitten. Added to these injustices were
the sexual assaults, one even at the hands of a nun. Comforted by a few kind
souls, Augie grew to become the man whose warm voice illuminates this story.
“A STORY IN WHICH
OUR ENTIRE NATION
HAS AN OBSCURE AND
DARK COMPLICIT Y.”
—David Carpenter
