Victims of Benevolence : Surviving the Indian 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 communities in Canada throughout this century. The book's focal points are the death of a runaway boy an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Furniss, Elizabeth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Arsenal Pulp Press, 2010.
Temas:
Indians of North America > British Columbia > Williams Lake > History.
Indians, Treatment of > British Columbia > Williams Lake > History.
Shuswap Indians.
Secwepemc.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Indians of North America
Indians, Treatment of
Shuswap Indians
British Columbia > Williams Lake
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: A "Sacred Duty"; CHAPTER TWO: The Shuswap Response to Colonialism; CHAPTER THREE: The Early Years of the Mission School; CHAPTER FOUR: A Death and an Inquest; CHAPTER FIVE: The Government Investigation; CHAPTER SIX: Runaways and a Suicide; CHAPTER SEVEN: History in the Present; Appendix; Notes; Index.

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