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A journey to strength, a journey towards reconciliation, a journey to the land: from residential school to Dakelh Elder, Returning Home is Lillian Sam's life story. Born in the late 1930s near Fort St. James, British Columbia, Lillian attended Lejac Indian Residential School, where, like so many others, she endured harsh treatment, isolation, and attempts to take away her identity. Returning home to her community of Nak'azdli Whut'en, she embraced her keyoh (traditional territory/trapline) and the language and traditions of her people, the Carrier people. Lillian's memoir is told through stories, poems, and photographs. It is an important record of a First Nations community, past and present, preserving memories for future generations so that they will never be forgotten. Beyond this, it tells of Lillian's personal journey through marriage, motherhood, and intergenerational trauma-as well as the sustaining faith and love that have made her a force in her community. I am learning . . . see? My ancestors I am learning I grasp at new surroundings I learned to walk on new land See? I am learning I feel the changes from the time Of my youth I see between darkness and light

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Lillian Sam has shared her stories and poems all her life. Previous publications are Nak'azdli Elders Speak, (2001), an oral history of her community, and Chief Kw'eh Remembered, (2017). Storyteller and language teacher to many, Lillian has a lifelong dedication to family and community. Lillian lived in Fort St. James on the Nak'azdli Whut'en with her son and granddaughter.

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