Words have a past : the English language, colonialism, and the newspapers of Indian boarding schools / Jane Griffith.

"For nearly 100 years, Indian boarding schools in Canada and the US produced newspapers read by white settlers, government officials, and Indigenous parents. These newspapers were used as a settler colonial tool, yet within these tightly controlled narratives there also existed sites of resistance....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Griffith, Jane, 1983- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Indigenous newspapers > Canada > History > 19th century.
Indigenous students > Canada > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Indigenous press > Canada > History > 19th century.
Student newspapers and periodicals > Canada > History > 19th century.
Indigenous students > Press coverage > Canada > History > 19th century.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Languages > Social aspects > History > 19th century.
Discrimination in education > Canada > History > 19th century.
Indians of North America > Canada > Residential schools > History > 19th century.
Journaux indiens d'Amérique > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Étudiants indiens d'Amérique > Canada > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
Journaux et périodiques scolaires > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Étudiants indiens d'Amérique > Couverture de presse > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Langues indiennes d'Amérique > Amérique du Nord > Aspect social > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Discrimination en éducation > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Internats pour Indiens d'Amérique > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Indian newspapers.
Discrimination in education.
Indian press.
Indians of North America > Languages > Social aspects.
Sociolinguistics.
Student newspapers and periodicals.
Canada.
1800-1899
History.
Newspapers.
Genre:
History.
Newspapers.
Physical Description:xi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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