Native activist Gladys Cook dies: Among first to speak about abuse

Notes: "Gladys Cook, who helped many native people as a counsellor and touched the lives of many more people throughout Canada by courageously being among the first to speak publicly about the abuse she and other native people suffered as children in Indian Residential Schools, died on May 9 [2009] at the age of 79 in Portage la Prairie, Man." Ms. Cook, a Dakota Sioux, attended Elkhorn Residential School from the ages of four to sixteen. Ms. Cook was the subject of an award-winning documentary "Topahdewin: The Gladys Cook Story" produced by Anglican Video senior produced Lisa Barry. Ms. Barry "praised Ms Cook as 'one of the bravest people I have ever met,' and as a great mentor and role model for women".

Subjects: Cook, Gladys (Topahdewin) Taylor, 1929-2009; Anglican Church of Canada - Residential schools; Healing - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Barry, Lisa; Anglican Video