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Contents

Preface
v
Introduction
1
Life before residential school
3
Forced departure
13
A place of refuge
19
The journey
23
Arrival
31
Language and culture
47
Bedwetting
59
Daily life
63
Strange food
69
School meals
71
Chores
79
Religious training
85
Separating siblings
91
Gender relations
95
Contact with parents
99
Fear, loneliness, and emotional neglect
109
Despair
117
Hiding the truth
119
Classroom experience
121
Regimentation
129
Integration into public schools
131
Truancy
133
Discipline
139
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