Seepeetza, Tootie, or McSpoot- those were the names Martha Stone was called at home on her ranch. But now that she is living and studying at an Indian residential school, her name and everything else about her life have changed. Strict and unhappy nuns, arbitrary and unfair rules and, worst of all, a complete denial af allthat being an Indian means to her, govern Martha’s hunger for the true life she has had to leave behind. Based on her own experiences, this powerful first novel by Shirley Sterling, a member of the interior Salish Bation of British Columbia, is a moving account of one of the most blatant expressions of racism in the history of Canada.
