Residential Schools

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Preface to the Second Edition, Acknowledgements, Foreword by Randy Fred, Introduction

Preface to the Second Edition, Acknowledgements, Foreword by Randy Fred, Introduction

From: 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 … ; 43 $4.30 Add
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Preface to the Second Edition, Acknowledgements, Foreword by Randy Fred, Introduction

From: The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

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 … ; 43 $1.72 Add
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Prologue

Prologue

From: 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 … 17 $2.04 Add
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Prologue, Forward, Preface

Prologue, Forward, Preface

From: TSQELMUCWÍLC

Acknowledgements, contributors, a prologue written by Garry Gottfriedson, a foreword by Randy Fred, as well as a preface are provided. ; ; 32 $3.20 Add
Resistance and Renewal

Resistance and Renewal

Surviving 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 … 172 View
Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools

The 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 … 130 View
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Runaways and a Suicide

Runaways and a Suicide

From: Victims of Benevolence

Children continued to run away from the Mission through the first decade of the 1900s. In the summer of 1920 nine boys at the Mission grouped together and ate some poisonous water hemlock. One … 27 $0.54 Add
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School Life

School Life

The School Day; Extracurricular Activities; Discipline; Family Visits and Summer Holidays

From: Resistance and Renewal

The author takes the reader through the residential school life: what a typical day looked like for the children, the discrimination they faced, the regimented learning of religion, subpar food … 50 $2.50 Add
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School Life

School Life

From: TSQELMUCWÍLC

Chapter Three details what life was like for students within the Kamloops Indian Residential School, and written records of first hand accounts are provided. ; ; 62 $6.20 Add
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Setting the Scene

Setting the Scene

The 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. 22 $0.44 Add
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Setting the Scene

Setting the Scene

From: TSQELMUCWÍLC

Chapter One provides the historical context within which Kamloops Indian Residential School came to be. ; ; 19 $1.90 Add
Seven Fallen Feathers

Seven Fallen Feathers

Racism, 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. … 387 View
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The Children are Taken

The Children are Taken

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools

This chapter discusses how thousands of children were forcibly removed from their homes and taken to residential schools. It illustrates this with photographs, illustrations, and documents as … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Early Years of the Mission School

The Early Years of the Mission School

Education 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 … 28 $0.56 Add
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The Government Investigation

The Government Investigation

From: Victims of Benevolence

The Indian Superintendent of B.C., A.W. Vowell was tasked to conduct the investigation into the death of Duncan Sticks. Vowell discredited the student testimonies, putting the blame on them … 21 $0.42 Add
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The Hard Luck Shuswap Kid

The Hard Luck Shuswap Kid

1920-1932

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

The second chapter of George Manuel’s biography outlines his early childhood up to age 12, an only child to his mother, and his father, who died when he was a baby. He was eventually raised … ; 11 $1.10 Add