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

"A nuanced comparative history of Indigenous boarding schools in the U.S. and Canada"--Provided by publisher. "At the end of the nineteenth century, Indigenous boarding schools were touted as the means for solving the 'Indian problem' in both the United States and Canada. With the goal of permanentl...

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Main Author: Woolford, Andrew John, 1971- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]
Series:Indigenous education.
Subjects:
Indigenous 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.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Cultural assimilation > History.
Genocide > North America > History.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Reparations > History.
Reparations for historical injustices > Canada > History.
Reparations for historical injustices > United States > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies.
HISTORY / United States / General.
HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
Physical Description:xiv, 431 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.