Residential Schools
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume One: SummaryHonouring the Truth, Reconciling the Future |
This is the Final Report of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these … | Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada | 544 | 2015 | View |
![]() NEW! Reconciliation and Indigenous JusticeA Search for Ways Forward |
The horrors of the Indian residential schools are by now well-known historical facts, and they have certainly found purchase in the Canadian consciousness in recent years. The history of violence … | David Milward | 233 | 2022 | View |
![]() 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 |
![]() Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential SchoolsThe Devastating Impact on Canada’s Indigenous People and the Reconciliation Commission’s Findings and Calls for Action |
Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools is designed to provide an introductory-level overview of the history and effects of the Residential School system in Canada. This title makes … | Melanie Florence | 130 | 2016 | View |
![]() Seven Fallen FeathersRacism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City |
The groundbreaking and multiple award-winning national bestseller work about systemic racism, education, the failure of the policing and justice systems, and Indigenous rights by Tanya Talaga. … | Tanya Talaga | 387 | 2017 | 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 |
From ![]() Introduction |
The introduction provides a brief overview of the importance of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and outlines the goals of the book. | Melanie Florence | 1 | 2016 | $0.10 Add |
From ![]() PrefaceFrom: Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume One: Summary |
The commissioners of the report provide a brief outline of their process and the goal of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. | Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada | 2 | 2015 | $0.00 Add |
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 |
From ![]() Preface to the Second Edition, Acknowledgements, Foreword by Randy Fred, IntroductionFrom: The Imaginary Indian |
Randy Fred debunks the concept of “Indians” and claims that Native people live within a world of imagery that isn’t their own. Daniel Frances further explores the myth that is … | Daniel Francis | 43 | 1992 | $4.30 Add |
From ![]() Preface to the Second Edition, Acknowledgements, Foreword by Randy Fred, Introduction |
Randy Fred debunks the concept of “Indians” and claims that Native people live within a world of imagery that isn’t their own. Daniel Frances further explores the myth that is … | Daniel Francis | 43 | 1992 | $1.72 Add |
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 |
From ![]() PrologueFrom: Seven Fallen Feathers |
In this reading, Indigenous author Tanya Talaga begin with a retelling of an Ojibwe myth. She goes on to provide context for the rest of the book by describing the culture, geography, and history … | Tanya Talaga | 17 | 2017 | $2.04 Add |
From ![]() NEW! The Legacy of Residential Schools |
Chapter 1 introduces the objective of the book, which is to examine reconciliation and Indigenous justice through exploring the legacy of residential schools and their role that this legacy plays … | David Milward | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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 |
From ![]() Chapter 1: Notes from a Blind ManFrom: Seven Fallen Feathers |
In this reading, Tanya Talaga recalls how she first became invested in the stories of the seven missing and murdered indigenous students while working as a political reporter covering indigenous … | Tanya Talaga | 38 | 2017 | $4.56 Add |