THEY DIDN’T KNOW WE WERE SEEDS

Augie Merasty, Educator: 1930-2017 Augie is the only survivor whom I did not get the opportunity to meet in person. I was in the process of arranging to travel to Prince Albert and see him, when I got the news he had died. I felt it was important that Augie still be part of this project, so I got permission from one of his children, Arlene, to paint him. For years he pestered Saskatchewan author David Carpenter to hear his story about residential school. Finally, when David heard about Augie’s experiences, he helped Augie get his memories published in a book called The Education of Augie Merasty . Augie’s burning need to tell the truth of his time in residential school lives on the pages of that book. The book educates us.

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