Fiction by Richard Wagamese
Saul Indian Horse was born in the wilds of northern Ontario, a member of the Ojibway tribe. But in the 1940's through the early 1960's, the Canadian government sanctioned institutionalization of native children like Saul, forcibly removing them from their families and placing them in residential schools to "civilize" them. So poor Saul becomes a victim of this terrible system and ends up a homeless alcoholic in adulthood.
In this story, Saul traces his history to try to heal himself. It's a really sad book.
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