Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential SchoolOne 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 Residential School (KIRS) in the British Columbia interior. |
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
FOREWORD | 15 |
INTRODUCTION | 25 |
FROM HOME TO SCHOOL | 39 |
SCHOOL LIFE | 58 |
THE RESISTANCE | 98 |
GOING HOME | 115 |
EPILOGUE | 126 |
APPENDICES | 141 |
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Other editions - View all
Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential School Celia Haig-Brown Limited preview - 2002 |
Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential School Celia Haig-Brown No preview available - 1991 |
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