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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Resistance and RenewalSurviving the Indian Residential School |
One of the first books published to deal with the phenomenon of residential schools in Canada, Resistance and Renewal is a disturbing collection of Native perspectives on the Kamloops Indian … | Celia Haig-Brown | 172 | 1988 | View |
 Victims of BenevolenceThe Dark Legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School |
An unsettling study of two tragic events at an Indian residential school in British Columbia which serve as a microcosm of the profound impact the residential school system had on Aboriginal … | Elizabeth Furniss | 142 | 1992 | View |
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From  IntroductionThe Story of Canada From: National Dreams |
In the introduction the author states that Indians were referred to as looking “Alien Like” and that the “British-born Canadians” are the “Elect of the earth”. … | Daniel Frances | 30 | 1997 | $0.90 Add |
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From PrefaceFrom: Victims of Benevolence |
In most books, historical records have been written by non-Natives and thus reflect a non-Native cultural orientation. As a result, Native perspectives are often excluded from documentary sources … | Elizabeth Furniss | 16 | 1992 | $0.16 Add |
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From Preface, Acknowledgements, IntroductionFrom: Resistance and Renewal |
The author, Celia Haig-Brown, lays the groundwork for the research for Resistance and Renewal. | Celia Haig-Brown | 17 | 1988 | $0.17 Add |
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From A "Sacred Duty"Christianity, Civilization, and Indian Education From: Victims of Benevolence |
Roman Catholic missionaries and the Canadian government shared a vision: to see Native people, through residential schooling, abandon their cultural heritage and their nomadic hunting and fishing … | Elizabeth Furniss | 40 | 1992 | $1.60 Add |
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From ForewordFrom: Resistance and Renewal |
Randy Fred offers a first-hand account of his years at the residential school. Randy’s reflections of his years at the school are objective, yet heart-wrenching and brings focus to the … | Randy Fred | 20 | 1988 | $0.40 Add |
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From  IntroductionFrom: Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Comission of Canada Volume One: Summary |
An overview of what Residential Schools were and provides the history of reconciliation in Canada. Defines reconciliation as a relationship. | Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada | 26 | 2015 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Taking the ImagePart I |
The author opens part I of the book with a critique of one of the most famous Canadian themed paintings—The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West and calls it a lie. | Daniel Francis | 25 | 1992 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Taking the ImagePart I |
The author opens part I of the book with a critique of one of the most famous Canadian themed paintings—The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West and calls it a lie. The author opens part I of … | Daniel Francis | 25 | 1992 | $0.50 Add |
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From Setting the SceneThe Governments; Missionaries; The Secwepemc From: Resistance and Renewal |
The chapter highlights the role the Government and the Oblates of Mary Immaculate played in the life of Native peoples, especially the Secwepemc. | Celia Haig-Brown | 22 | 1988 | $0.44 Add |
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From The Shuswap Response to ColonialismFrom: Victims of Benevolence |
Despite strong opposition, the Shuswap people were forced to adopt the colonial way of living. They were pushed out of their home and discouraged to practice sacred rituals. Ultimately, in 1891, … | Elizabeth Furniss | 24 | 1992 | $0.48 Add |
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From The Vanishing Canadian |
This chapter calls out the 18th and 19th artists like Paul Kane, Edward Curtis, and others for taking the Indian image and manipulating and displaying in any way they wanted. The image-makers … | Daniel Francis | 50 | 1992 | $2.50 Add |
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From The Vanishing Canadian |
This chapter calls out the 18th and 19th artists like Paul Kane, Edward Curtis, and others for taking the Indian image and manipulating and displaying in any way they wanted. The image-makers … | Daniel Francis | 50 | 1992 | $2.50 Add |
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From From Home to SchoolAt Home; The Transition From: Resistance and Renewal |
This chapter narrates the disruption that the residential schools posed in the lives of the Natives. The author juxtapositions the life at school versus that life before school for the Native … | Celia Haig-Brown | 29 | 1988 | $0.58 Add |
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From The Early Years of the Mission SchoolEducation and Discipline From: Victims of Benevolence |
Native children learned the skills they needed to survive, and the beliefs, values, and codes of behaviour appropriate to their society, by a trial-and error process of observing and imitating … | Elizabeth Furniss | 28 | 1992 | $0.56 Add |
