This is part 5 of a week-long series featuring Arthur Bear Chief’s memoir My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell. This post features an excerpt from the preface written by Judy Bedford. Judy worked alongside Arthur to put his memoir down on paper.
“I will never find the right words to descr
ibe the effect that reading the transcript of Arthur’s examination for discovery had on me. I do know that it created within me such inner turmoil that, for days afterward, I had a difficult time even accomplishing normal daily tasks. That Arthur was able to testify about his residential school abuse with such dignity and integrity was remarkable in itself, but to come through the process with his character, strong spirit, and sense of hope intact amazed me then, and it still amazes me now.” –Judy Bedford
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