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This benevolent experiment : Indigenous boarding schools, genocide, and redress in Canada and the United States  Cover Image Book Book

This benevolent experiment : Indigenous boarding schools, genocide, and redress in Canada and the United States / Andrew Woolford.

Summary:

"A nuanced comparative history of Indigenous boarding schools in the U.S. and Canada" -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780887557866 (bound)
  • ISBN: 0887557864 (bound)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 431 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press ; [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-396) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Settler Colonial Genocide in North America -- Framing the Indian as a Problem -- Schools, Staff, Parents, Communities, and Students -- Discipline and Desire as Assimilative Techniques -- Knowledge and Violence as Assimilative Techniques -- Local Actors and Assimilation -- Aftermaths and Redress.
Subject: Indian children > Education > History.
Off-reservation boarding schools > Manitoba > History.
Off-reservation boarding schools > New Mexico > History.
Education > Political aspects > United States > History.
Education > Political aspects > Canada > History.
Indians of North America > Cultural assimilation > History.
Genocide > North America > History.
Indians of North America > Reparations > History.
Reparations for historical injustices > Canada > History.
Reparations for historical injustices > United States > History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Lansdowne Library E 96 W66 2015 (Text) 26040003180508 Main Collection Volume hold Available -


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