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Samí journalist and author Ann-Helén Laestadius offers readers a glimpse into the government-backed school system for the Indigenous children of Sweden that has parallels with the Indian Boarding School Era in the United States
Her novel, Punished, follows five Sami children forced to attend a nomad school in the 1950s. The story stays with them into adulthood, where each copes with the physical, mental, and cultural abuse scars just below the surface.
Originally published in Swedish, the English translation of Punished is now available.
Laestadius joins Native America Calling for this month’s Native Bookshelf discussion.
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National Nordic Museum: Meet the Author: Ann-Helén Laestadius, Stolen