Stoney Creek Woman: The Story of Mary John by Bridget Moran really opened up my eyes as to how Native people were treated back in the 1900’s. Life on the reserve has never proven to be an easy one, no more is this evident than through the life struggles of Mary John. Mary was a strong lady who went through many challenges in her life that I know I wouldn’t be able to handle in the way she did. In this book I have learned that not everything comes easy in life. Through the struggles Mary John and her family stayed self-possessed. From a very young age she was helping her mom and stepfather take care of her stepsiblings throughout her childhood, while still making every moment as happy as they could be. At the age of seven, going to a residential school mile away from home was not easy-going. I can’t even imagine having been forced to leave my family and only see them for two months of the year. Personally I don’t know how they made it through all the tough times and stayed such a well-formed family.
Depression is a word no one wants to hear. In 1930 when the Depression hit the white people, Mary and everyone else on reserves were not concerned as they…show more content… Her life was not easy and I can only imagine how she was feeling inside that she didn’t express in the book. Mary John won many awards and I solemnly believe she deserved them all and more for what she had to go through in her lifetime. Living on a reserve was no easy job and you start at such a young age that you don’t truly live a fun filled childhood. I would recommend this book for everyone to read. Stoney Creek Woman: The Story of Mary John by Bridget Moran really opened up my eyes and it really made me feel for the Natives living on the reserve and all that they had to go through. Mary John is and will always be a true idol in my eyes after reading this book for how she cared on loving everyone and had no hate towards
