Picking Up the Pieces: Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket (hardcover) clothing the culmination of thousands of

the culmination of thousands of years of evolutionary development

landing with a blinding aura when they transformed into humans

carvings by elders Dempsey Bob (Tahltan-Tlingit) and Beau Dick (Kwakwaka'wakw)

and it is a feeling that connects us all

Picking Up the Pieces: Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket (hardcover) clothing the culmination of thousands ofPicking Up the Pieces tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a living work of art conceived and created by Indigenous artist Carey Newman. It includes hundreds of items collected from residential schools across Canada, everything from bricks, photos and letters to hockey skates, dolls and braids. Every object tells a story. Carey takes the reader on a journey from the initial idea behind the Witness Blanket to the challenges in making