User:Oceanflynn/sandbox/Mary Carpenter (Inuk writer)
Mary Carpenter | |
|---|---|
| Tungoyuq[1] | |
| Born | 1944[1] |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Education | Rutgers, Western University, Carleton University[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, poet |
Mary Carpenter (Inuk writer and poet) (1943 -) is an Inuk writer and artist from Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories, a residential school survivor and a graduate of Rutgers, Western University, and Carleton University.[2]
Early life
[edit]Her father was the camp leader of two strong Inuvialuit clans and the Carpenter family was featured in a 1964 National Geographic article.[3]
Residential school
[edit]In 1948 she was sent to the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic School, part of the residential school system, in Aklavik, Northwest Territories when she was four-years-old, and remained there for ten years.[1]
Education
[edit]Later life
[edit]Media coverage
[edit]In a 1966 interview on The Pierre Berton Show, 23-year-old Mary Carpenter described her years in the residential school system.
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- McGregor, Roy. "Mary won't be able to read her Tusaayaksat anymore". Ammsa and the Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- Lost Generation, Canada's History, April 1, 2017, retrieved April 9, 2017
- Douglas, William O. (May 1964), Banks Island: Eskimo Life on the Polar Sea, National Geographic, p. 32, OCLC 434341465: 703–735 photographer Clyde Hare