White Mask: A Re-Celebration of My First Nation Heritage, A Memoir

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Why are such a lot of Natives, First Nations, Indians, Metis, Inuits, Aboriginals, Indigenous People, and Amerindians ashamed of whom they’re? Where does this shame come from? Why does it exist these days?

These questions are the underlying fabric of the memoir but are only alluded to in the first half of the story. About half way through, a flash back to the first actual memory initiates the story at the back of the story, in which shame is discussed and explored in narratives, interactions, quotations and teachings from childhood to middle age. The writer’s re-celebration of his First Nation heritage evolves until he feels the similar joy as at age 10 when he first learned of his ancestry. As much as five generations of First Nations have been traumatized by residential school and societal racism, but the clutch of shame is becoming weaker….

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