A national crime : the Canadian government and the residential school system, 1879 to 1986 / John S. Milloy ; foreword by Mary Jane Logan McCallum.

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"For over 100 years, thousands of Aboriginal children passed through the Canadian residential school system. Begun in the 1870s, it was intended, in the words of government officials, to bring these children into the "circle of civilization," the results, however, were far different. More often, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Milloy, John S. (Author)
Other Authors: McCallum, Mary Jane Logan, 1974- (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press, [2017]
Edition:[New edition].
Series:Critical studies in native history ; 11.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples of North America > Education > Canada > History.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Canada > Social conditions.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Canada > Government relations.
Indigenous peoples, Treatment of > Canada.
Indians of North America > Canada > Residential schools > History.
Native peoples > Canada > Residential schools > History.
Native peoples > Education > Canada > History.
Native peoples > Canada > Social conditions.
Native peoples > Canada > Government relations.
Internats pour autochtones > Canada > Histoire.
Autochtones > Éducation > Canada > Histoire.
Autochtones > Canada > Conditions sociales.
Autochtones > Canada > Relations avec l'État.
Indians of North America > Education.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Indians of North America > Social conditions.
Indians, Treatment of.
Canada.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xliii, 409 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Issued also in electronic format.
Format: Book

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