“My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell” © 2016 Arthur Bear Chief

Preface © 2016 Judy Bedford

Afterword © 2016 Frits Pannekoek

Published by AU Press, Athabasca University

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ISBN 978-1-77199-175-9 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-77199-176-6 (pdf)

ISBN 978-1-77199-177-3 (epub) DOI: 10.15215/aupress/9781771991759.01

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Bear Chief, Arthur, 1942–, author

My decade at Old Sun, my lifetime of hell / Arthur Bear Chief.

(Our lives: diary, memoir, and letters)

Issued in print and electronic formats.

1. Bear Chief, Arthur, 1942–. 2. Abused Indian students—Alberta—Gleichen—Biography. 3. Adult child abuse victims—Alberta—Gleichen—Biography. 4. Siksika Indians—Alberta—Biography. 5. Indians of North America—Alberta—Residential Schools. 6. Old Sun Indian Residential School (Gleichen, Alta.). 7. Siksika Indians—Education—Alberta. 8. Gleichen (Alta.). 9. Siksika Indians—Social life and customs. I. Title. II. Series: Our lives (Edmonton, Alta.)

E99.S54B43 2016 371.829'97352 C2016-906831-5

C2016-906832-3

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