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    Shingwauk's vision : history of Native residential schools / J.R. Miller.

    • Title:Shingwauk's vision : history of Native residential schools / J.R. Miller.
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    • Author/Creator:Miller, J. R. (James Rodger), 1943-
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Xwi7xwa Collection
    • Published/Created:Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1996.
    • Holdings

       
    • FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Indigenous Peoples--Residential schools--History
      Indigenous Peoples--Cultural assimilation
      Indigenous Peoples--Residential schools--Women
      Indigenous Peoples--Residential schools
    • Description:xii, 582 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:080200833X (bound) :
      0802078583 (pbk.) :
    • Contents:Introduction: 'The true realization of Chief Shingwauk's vision'
      Part One Establishing the residential school system
      1 'The three Ls': the traditional education of the Indigenous Peoples
      2 'No notable fruit was seen': residential school experiments in New France
      3 'Teach them how to live well and to die happy': residential schooling in British North America
      4 'Calling in the aid of religion': creating a residential school system
      5 'Dressing up a dead branch with flowers': the expansion and consolidation of the residential school system
      Part Two Experiencing residential schools
      6 'To have the "Indian" educated out of them': classroom and class
      7 'The means of wiping out the whole Indian establishment': race and assimilation
      8 'The misfortune of being a woman': gender
      9 'Such employment he can get at home': work and play
      10 'Bleeding the children to feed the Mother-House': child 'care'
      11 'Sadness, pain, and misery were my legacy as an Indian': abuse
      12 'You ain't my boss': resistance
      Part Three Ending and assessing residential schools
      13 'Our greatest need today is proper education': winding down the system
      14 Shingwauk's vision / Aboriginal nightmare: an assessment
      Epilogue.
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