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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Language: | English |
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Toronto ; Buffalo ; London :
University of Toronto Press,
[2019]
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Physical Description: | xi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Format: | Book |
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"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. This book traces colonial narratives of language, time, and place from the nineteenth-century to the present day, post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission."-- Provided by publisher. |
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Call Number: | PN4883 .G75 2019 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-298) and index. |
ISBN: | 1487521553 9781487501617 9781487521554 1487501617 |