Contents: Part 1. Joanie's people: discarding the masks of shame 2. Heartland: where the cure can be worse than the disease 3. The long sentence: and the first shall be last 4. Restoring the song: lessons.
The author interviewed Canadian Indigenous elders willing to share their experiences of segregated health care, include treatment in the Nanaimo Indian Hospital, Charles Camsell Indian Hospital in Edmonton and several similar institutions throughout Canada. [from back cover]