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A nun and teacher at St. Jerome’s school, described by Saul Indian Horse as being a cruel, narrow-minded woman. Ignacia is perhaps the most vocal proponent of the cultural genocide that Saul and other Indigenous Canadians experience during the book: she openly claims that Native Americans should be prevented from speaking their own language or celebrating their own culture. As such, she’s the embodiment of an evil and destructive ideology.
Sister Ignacia Quotes in Indian Horse
The Indian Horse quotes below are all either spoken by Sister Ignacia or refer to Sister Ignacia. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
Quotes
She smiled again with the same ghastly lack of feeling. “At St. Jerome's we work to remove the Indian from our children so that the blessings of the Lord may be evidenced upon them.”
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Sister Ignacia Quotes in Indian Horse
The Indian Horse quotes below are all either spoken by Sister Ignacia or refer to Sister Ignacia. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 11
Quotes
She smiled again with the same ghastly lack of feeling. “At St. Jerome's we work to remove the Indian from our children so that the blessings of the Lord may be evidenced upon them.”
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
