The Sun is Your Father

"Sophie vaguely remembered seeing a strange man with red hair coming to her home, but didn't know he was there to arrange for her to go to a boarding school for girls in the nearby hamlet of Yale. In later years, she learned that the redheaded man, named Robert Kennedy, was her father." These unusual Castle family life stories (1890-1998) are of my grandmother and her first three children. The children were not of Indian status but were sent to live at an Indian residential school, named Coqualeetza Industrial Institute (1915-1931). What was so unusual was that my mother loved her school, but her siblings had different experiences. "An incredible story of one family's journey through the residential school system in British Columbia. A story filled with historical information and surprising facts." -- George Reynolds "An excellent read about a family's triumph over adversity. Coqualeetza was an exceptional residential school educating two generations of land claims leaders." --John McLeod

"A very enjoyable and educational read. So many of us knew nothing about what was happening to the First Nations children." --Marilyn Linton