Anishinaabe elder fights to rid himself of name imposed in forced baptism 75 years ago
Ejinagosi Kistabish was baptized Richard at a priest’s insistence when he was three days old, but he only heard the name six years later when he went to residential school in Quebec and was ordered to use it. Decades later, he’s fighting to get his Anishinaabe name officially recognized.
Ejinagosi Kistabish was baptized Richard at a priest’s insistence when he was three days old, but he only heard the name six years later when he went to residential school in Quebec and was ordered to use it. Decades later, he’s fighting to get his Anishinaabe name officially recognized.
