The Outside Circle Oral History/Traditions The history of residential schools

The history of residential schools volume 1 is divided into 2 parts

discusses in detail several topics of particular importance to the First Nations

Knowing the Past

Northern Ontario

a Cree woman’s search for her roots and identity

The Outside Circle Oral History/Traditions The history of residential schoolsThe Outside Circle: A Graphic Novel is a 128 page, full colour, adult theme graphic novel. Based on the PhD thesis, Reconciliation, repatriation and reconnection: A framework for building resilience in Canadian Indigenous families, Mtis counsellor Patti Laboucane Benson presents a fictionalized graphic novel that reads as a crime novel. This evidence based work of creative non fiction is illustrated by non Aboriginal graphic artist Kelly Mellings.