27 smrtí Tobyho Obeda – Gierak-Onoszko Joanna (2021)

The violence and injustice we experience, we pass on to others. It's that simple. It's that terrible. The Canadian residential schools, where Indigenous children were placed against their parents' will, were evil. Toby died twenty-seven times, and Canada is starting to ask why. The last of the network of dozens of schools meant to teach Indigenous children European ways was closed in 1996. Not all of them looked like hell on earth. Many did. Re-education. Beating, humiliation, sexual abuse. For a mistake – punishment. For speaking their native language – punishment. For crying – punishment. For being sick – punishment. Children who grew up in residential schools call themselves survivors. The truth is more complicated, as reporter Joanna Gierak-Onoszko discovered during her two years of work. What if the caregiver was also a victim of violence? Why do children from the residential school hurt other children? What role did the church play, and how does it view the victims today? The cycle of violence, pain, and revenge is hard to break. Just like healing wounds, talking about them. Admitting that the story of one's own country is not as crystal clear as its forests and lakes. The book 27 Deaths of Toby Obed is published in the series Cursed Reporters, translated by Tadeáš Dohnaňský. The book 27 Deaths of Toby Obed is dedicated to the Canadian residential schools, where...