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Shingwauk's vision : a history of native ... Read More
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| North Bay Public Library | 371.82997 Mil | 33874005267587 | Adult - Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| North Bay Public Library | 371.9797 Mil | 33874001078327 | Adult - Non-Fiction | Lost | 08/01/2020 |
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- ISBN: 9780802078582
- ISBN: 080200833X (cloth)
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xiii, 582 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 ... Read More
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- Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ... Read More
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-565) ... Read More |
| Summary, etc.: | "Residential schools - the institutions where ... Read More |
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"Residential schools - the institutions where attendance by Native children was compulsory as recently as the 1960s. Former students have come forward in increasing numbers to describe the psychological and physical abuse they suffered in these schools, and many view the system as an experiment in cultural genocide. In this first comprehensive history of these institutions, J.R. Miller explores the motives of all three agents in the story. He looks at the separate experiences and agendas of the government officials who authorized the schools, the missionaries who taught in them, and the students who attended them. Starting with the foundations of residential schooling in seventeenth-century New France, Miller traces the modern version of the institution that was created in the 1880s, and, finally, describes the phasing-out of the schools in the 1960s. He looks at instruction, work and recreation, care and abuse, and the growing resistance to the system on the part of students and their families. Based on extensive interviews as well as archival research, Miller's history is particularly rich in Native accounts of the school system. This book is an absolute first in its comprehensive treatment of this subject. J.R. Miller, a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan, is the author of many books and articles on Canadian history, including Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: A History of Indian/White Relations in Canada."--Provided by publisher.
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