Albert Caisse Interview

Albert Caisse was interviewed at the South Bay Camp Ground near Île-à-la-Crosse. He was the son of Napoleon Caisse and Margaret Natamogan, involved in the fur trade. His family lived at Sucker Point. He remembers his experience in the residential school at the mission.The food was miserable and the nuns practiced corporal punishment against students. He worked by cutting hay for the cows at Sandy point. He gives some details of the dwellings in his small village. He addresses the change in lifestyle and the consequences on health among his community. The transcript is a translation from Northern Michif. ---------------- Keywords: Residential Schools, Employment, Housing, Fur Trade, Land use (Subsistence Patterns),