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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Uniform Title:Critical studies in native history ; 11.
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
Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface to the 1999 Edition
  • Acknowledgements, 1997-2017
  • Introduction
  • Part 1 - Vision: the circle of civilized conditions
  • The tuition of Thomas Moore
  • he imperial heritage, 1830-1879
  • The founding vision of residential school education, 1879 to 1920
  • Part 2 - Reality: the system at work, 1879 to 1946
  • "A national crime": building and managing the system, 1879 to 1946
  • "The charge of manslaughter": disease and death, 1879 to 1946
  • "We are going to tell you how we are treated": food and clothing, 1879 to 1946
  • The parenting presumption: neglect and abuse
  • Teaching and learning, 1879 to 1946
  • Part 3 - Integration and guardianship, 1946 to 1986
  • Integration for closure: 1946 to 1986
  • Persistence: the struggle for closure
  • Northern and arctic assimilation
  • The failure of guardianship: neglect and abuse, 1946 to 1986
  • Epilogue: beyond closure, 1992 to 1998.