I Am Not a Number Comanche We all need to tell

We all need to tell our stories

who lives in the original allotment cabin

This book is used in many women's studies courses at colleges and universities around the country

but he was not denied the excitement of killing his first buffalo before leaving to attend the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania

Denise Lajimodiere opens a door into the lives of Native girls and women

I Am Not a Number Comanche We all need to tellWhen Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school, she is confused, frightened and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from despite being told to do otherwise. When she goes home for summer holidays, her parents decide never to send her away again, but where will she hide and what will happen when her parents disobey the law?