Residential Schools

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume One: Summary Honouring the Truth, Reconciling the Future James Lorimer and Company	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 Justice A Search for Ways Forward Fernwood Publishing	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 Renewal Surviving the Indian Residential School Arsenal Pulp Press	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 Schools The Devastating Impact on Canada’s Indigenous People and the Reconciliation Commission’s Findings and Calls for Action James Lorimer and Company	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 Feathers Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City House of Anansi Press	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 Benevolence The Dark Legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School Arsenal Pulp Press	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 From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools Preview James Lorimer and Company	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 Preface From: Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume One: Summary Preview James Lorimer and Company	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 Preface From: Victims of Benevolence Preview Arsenal Pulp Press	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, Introduction From: The Imaginary Indian Preview Arsenal Pulp Press	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 From: The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition Preview Arsenal Pulp Press	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, Introduction From: Resistance and Renewal Preview Arsenal Pulp Press	The author, Celia Haig-Brown, lays the groundwork for the research for Resistance and Renewal.	Celia Haig-Brown	17	1988	$0.17 Add
From Prologue From: Seven Fallen Feathers Preview House of Anansi Press	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 From: Reconciliation and Indigenous Justice Preview Fernwood Publishing	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 Preview Arsenal Pulp Press	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 Man From: Seven Fallen Feathers Preview House of Anansi Press	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

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