Shirley: An Indian Residential School Story buffalo I will watch my grandchildren

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Shirley: An Indian Residential School Story buffalo I will watch my grandchildrenShirley is only five years old when she is taken away by the Indian agent to live at a residential school. She loves learning, but she is not there by choice. From the first day walking up the long, lonely stone steps of the school building, life is hard and full of rules. Separated from her brothers and sisters, she is truly on her own. Shirley is very brave, but there is no one she loves to hold her at night when she is afraid. No one to tuck her in