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  • Orange banner image with photo of author Dawn Smith on the right and text on a black field on the left reading interview with Dawn Smith author of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Open Book logo bottom left.
    Orange banner image with photo of author Dawn Smith on the right and text on a black field on the left reading interview with Dawn Smith author of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Open Book logo bottom left.
    January 31, 2024

    Dawn Sii-yaa-ilth-supt Smith Shares Her Experiences and the Truth About Residential Schools in a New Children's Book

    When Nuu-chah-nulth author Dawn Sii-yaa-ilth-supt Smith was approached by publishers to write a children's book about truth and reconciliation, she jumped at the opportunity to inform growing minds ...

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