Joan Crate tells the story of a young Blackfoot girl name Sinopaki who was forced to attend residential school in a novel called “Black Apple.” In the story, Sinopaki was stripped entirely of her culture and her name until her previously life became an unfamiliar, distant memory.
Source: Dene Moore. “Schools’ mission: take the Indian out of the child.” March 16, 2016. The Star. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2016/03/06/schools-mission-take-the-indian-out-of-the-child.html