Sing the Brave Song

By Judith Ennamorato

Sing the Brave Song is a dynamic and comprehensive scrutiny of the historic relationship between Indian people, the church, and the vast repercussions endured by former students of Indian residential schools in Canada.Judith Ennamorato's method of reporting aboriginal traditions is absorbing and potent. From first-time interviews, the reader will see through the eyes of Indian children who were culturally and geographically removed from their homes and families by force; spending as long as ten months a year at institutions where they were forbidden, under threat of corporal punishment, to speak their own language, the only language they knew.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0968448909
• ISBN13: 9780968448908
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Raven Press
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 0.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Ennamorato Sang the Brave Song

I choose to read Ennamorato's book for a theology course at my university. When I came across her book I began to read the first chapter and for the first time I can honestly say that I could not put down the book. The clear and concise writing made it easier for me to understand and it hit home to the experiences that my people endure in the church and state residential schools. This book helped me understand the history,and the abuse that occured at the schools. Ennamorato disects the history of the First Nations people and instead of our culture sounding and being seen as a hopeless people and a lost warrior generation, allowed me to understand that our people through no fault and choice were literally forced by federal law and religious assimilation to change our lifestyles. I choose this book because the theology courses term paper dealt with the topic concerning how different cultures have their own religions. In reflection I realized that our Indian culture once had a religion that to them made them close to the Great Spirit, in white culture God, however, the white culture could not unserstand this. This book conveyed that our culture is rich and full of history and that it was no our fault our generation is lost. I would like to send a thank you to Judith Ennamorato for writing an eye opening book to my native eyes and the predjudices that I had even toward my own people. I now understand that our people are warriors and will once again sing the brave song.