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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456355603321

Autore

Furniss Elizabeth <1959->

Titolo

Victims of benevolence [[electronic resource] ] : the dark legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School / / Elizabeth Furniss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, B.C., : Arsenal Pulp Press, 2000

ISBN

1-282-64390-8

9786612643903

1-55152-337-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Disciplina

371.82997/9

371.97979

Soggetti

Indians of North America - British Columbia - Williams Lake - History

Indians, Treatment of - British Columbia - Williams Lake - History

Shuswap Indians

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An earlier version of this book was published by the Cariboo Tribal Council in 1992"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: A ""Sacred Duty""; CHAPTER TWO: The Shuswap Response to Colonialism; CHAPTER THREE: The Early Years of the Mission School; CHAPTER FOUR: A Death and an Inquest; CHAPTER FIVE: The Government Investigation; CHAPTER SIX: Runaways and a Suicide; CHAPTER SEVEN: History in the Present; Appendix; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An unsettling study of two tragic events at an Indian residential school in British Columbia which serve as a microcosm of the profound impact the residential school system had on Aboriginal communities in Canada throughout this century. The book's focal points are the death of a runaway boy and the suicide of another while they were students at the Williams Lake Indian Residential School during the early part of this century. Embedded in these stories is the complex relationship between the Department of Indian Affairs, the Oblates, and the Aboriginal communities that in turn has inf