Ben the Sea Lion (HC) Alaska trauma and racism to language

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Ben the Sea Lion (HC) Alaska trauma and racism to languageTsimshian storyteller and artist Roy Henry Vickers shares an adventure from his childhood in the Indigenous village of Kitkatla, on BCs north coast. When Uncle Johnny accidentally catches an orphaned sea lion pup in his fishing net, young Roy and his cousin Bussy take responsibility for nursing the tiny creature back to health. They name the pup Ben, short for Teebenthe Tsimshian word for sea lion. With the boys loving care, Ben eats and eats and