Picking up the Pieces: Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket

This nonfiction account follows Indigenous artist Carey Newman as he creates the Witness Blanket, a large art installation made from hundreds of objects collected from residential schools across Canada. The items include bricks, photographs, letters, hockey skates, dolls, and braids, with stories from Survivors who donated them. Photographs document the work’s creation and the objects’ connections to residential schools in every province and territory, presenting the installation as a symbol of reconciliation.