The Lucky Ones

A Survivors Story

Jimi Delorme

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Tellwell Talent
08 January 2022

Autobiography: historical, political & military; Memoirs; Education: care & counselling of students

This author is a residential school survivor who spent eleven years in two different schools in southern Saskatchewan. The first of these schools is the Marieval Indian Residential school, which is the sight of the 715 unmarked graves which have been recently brought to light in various news articles.

Judging by the comments posted all over social media, this discovery has caused a lot of division within the First Nations community. Seeing people argue over such a sensitive topic can bring back a lot of painful memories within individuals who are already fighting to survive in a very hostile and vulnerable lifestyle, people often living on the streets and battling substance abuse and homelessness.

Despite all of the negative news reports, this book is not meant to be just another bash-the-church-and-government type of project. This book focuses primarily on the often difficult healing journey which followed the school experience. It is meant to show other survivors that there is a way to heal and let go of their painful pasts.

This biography shows that by returning to our own cultural and spiritual teachings we can find the hope that we are all so desperately searching for in a world that can often seem both foreign and uncaring. I hope that I have not offended anyone by the words that I am sharing with the world. If I have offended you in some small way, I am sorry.

All my relations.

By: Jimi Delorme
Imprint: Tellwell Talent
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 245g
ISBN: 9780228865339
ISBN 10: 0228865336
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 08 January 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The author is a sixty-five-year-old survivor of eleven years in two separate schools in Saskatchewan. He now lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he continues to write and participate in various programs and ceremonies to continue his healing journey. The book started off in the early 2000s as a written submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that toured Canada. After a number of community Elders began to read what the author had written, they encouraged him to expand his writing a little more and then consider getting it published. The result is what you have here today.

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The Lucky Ones

A Survivors Story

Jimi Delorme

$33.95 $30.58

Paperback

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