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My Name is Not Easy

by Debby Dahl Edwardson

Ages: 12+

Published: 2012

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish

ISBN: 978-0-7614-5980-4

Keywords: Eskimos, Alaska, Indians of North America

In 1960s Alaska, Eskimo and Indian children attend a Catholic boarding school where they confront ethnic hostilities and attempts to suppress their traditional culture.