| Description |
1 online resource (297 pages) |
| Series |
Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation ; v. 1 |
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Perceptions on truth and reconciliation.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Map: Residential Schools in Canada; List: Residential Schools in Canada; Chronology; Note; Introduction; Chapter One: The History; Chapter Two: The School Experience; Chapter Three: The Legacy; Chapter Four: Reconciliation; Chapter Five: Calls to Action; Afterword: Gabekana; Notes; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter One: The History; Chapter Two: The School Experience; Chapter Three: The Legacy; Chapter Four: Reconciliat ion; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources |
| Summary |
"It can start with a knock on the door one morning. It is the local Indian agent, or the parish priest, or, perhaps, a Mounted Police officer ... The officials have arrived and the children must go." So began the school experience of many Indigenous children in Canada for more than a hundred years, and so begins the history of residential schools prepared by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). Between 2008 and 2015, the TRC provided opportunities for individuals, families, and communities to share their experiences of residential schools and released several reports based on 7,000 Survivor statements and 5 million documents from government, churches, and schools, as well as a solid grounding in secondary sources. A Knock on the Door, published in collaboration with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), gathers material from the TRC reports to present the essential history and legacy of residential schools and inform the journey to reconciliation that Canadians are now embarked upon. An afterword introduces the holdings and opportunities of the NCTR, home to the archive of recordings and documents collected by the TRC."--Publisher's description |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Canada -- Residential schools
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Indigenous children -- Crimes against
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Residence and education.
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Indigenous peoples -- Education -- Canada
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Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- History
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Indigenous peoples -- Crimes against -- Canada
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Indigenous peoples -- Education.
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Indigenous peoples -- Crimes against.
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Indigenous peoples.
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Residence and education.
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Canada.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Craft, Aimée
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Fontaine, Phil
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| ISBN |
9780887555404 |
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0887555403 |
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