The Boy from Buzwah

Cecil King is an Odawa from Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve and a retired Professor Emeritus of Queen's University. He served for more than sixty years as an Indigenous educator. He currently resides in Saskatoon.

Acknowledgements A Note on Ojibwe Orthography Map of Manitoulin Island 1. Growing Up with Pa, Mama, and Kohkwehns 2. Schooling at Buzwah 3. Life on the Reserve 4. Residential School 5. Life after Residential School 6. My Career Unfolds 7. Joining the Revolution 8. Working for Change 9. Moving On 10. Some of What I Have Learned Index

"Cecil King's memoir is an important contribution to the Indigenous literature, documenting early life on the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve, disclosing the enduring roots of Odawa tradition, chronicling the re-emergence of Anishnawbe culture and the rise of Indigenous activism, particularly in the important area of Indigenous education." Hon. Leonard S. Tony Mandamin IPC, Justice in Residence, Faculty of Law/Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta "Cecil King has written a remarkable memoir of his early life and his over sixty-year-long career as an Indigenous educator. The teacher, respected community leader, and post-secondary professor and administrator, argues most convincingly for a system of First Nations education that incorporates fully Indigenous history, culture, and present-day realities. I love Cecil's book!" Don Smith , Professor Emeritus of History, University of Calgary "A poignant reflective must-read memoir of an Indigenous educator whose life lived was Indigenizing and decolonizing western academies." Marie Battiste , author of Decolonizing Education and Honorary Officer of the Order of Canada "Miigwetch Cecil King, for sharing your remarkable journey and life in this essential book, which educators and learners will treasure. This is a book of extraordinary generosity and humility, and one that provides both context and direction for the future of Indigenous education." Jesse Wente , author of Unreconciled "An essential account of an Indigenous scholar's trailblazing and sweeping contributions towards restoring and inspiring indigenous control of indigenous education." Verna St. Denis , University of Saskatchewan "Cecil King's book about his experiences in a day school, residential school, the bureaucracy and institutional development on Indigenous education presents an important perspective in the debate on educational change in the past half-century. His personal perspective and his use of Ojibwe as part of this history introduces a new qualitative dimension to this debate." Keith Goulet , former Minister of Northern Affairs for Saskatchewan "This book chronicles the life and times of Cecil King from his humble beginnings on an Indian reserve to the giant of man who paved the way for Indigenous control of education in Canada. Cecil's story is one of perseverance, strength and resiliency. This is a must-read for everyone." Manley A. Begay, Jr. , Northern Arizona University "Cecil King laid the grounds for the birth of what we now relish; namely Indigenous Education from Indigenous perspective; a mindset that saw everything and everyone of great importance in his presence, not at all effaced by the colonial attitude nor structure put in place to do away with 'Indians.'" Karla Jessen Williamson , University of Saskatchewan