Signs of Your Identity / 
Daniella Zalcman 
 -  Foto Evidence Press 
<br/><br/> In the fall of 2014, Daniella Zalcman started documenting the history and legacy of forced assimilation among First Nations people in Canada. The practice saw indigenous children removed from their home and sent to boarding schools where they were forced to assimilate to the dominant western culture. “They were punished for speaking their native languages or observing any indigenous traditions,” writes photographer Daniella Zalcman in the introduction of her first book, Signs of Your Identity.  Daniella Zalcman is an American photographer based in New York and London. Her work, Signs of Your Identity, was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Her book, available here, was funded through the 2016 FotoEvidence Book Award.