03008nam 2200649 a 450 991078076060332120231206204842.01-282-64390-897866126439031-55152-337-X(CKB)2470000000000984(EBL)544615(OCoLC)645940069(SSID)ssj0000378601(PQKBManifestationID)11293977(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000378601(PQKBWorkID)10352755(PQKB)10055999(CaPaEBR)409137(CaBNvSL)thg00603181 (Au-PeEL)EBL544615(CaPaEBR)ebr10395366(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/x439n1(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/4/409137(MiAaPQ)EBC544615(MiAaPQ)EBC3252714(EXLCZ)99247000000000098420100804d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVictims of benevolence[electronic resource] the dark legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School /Elizabeth FurnissVancouver, B.C. Arsenal Pulp Press20001 online resource (143 p.)"An earlier version of this book was published by the Cariboo Tribal Council in 1992"--T.p. verso.1-55152-015-X Includes bibliographical references.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; IndexAn 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 infIndians of North AmericaBritish ColumbiaWilliams LakeHistoryIndians, Treatment ofBritish ColumbiaWilliams LakeHistoryShuswap IndiansIndians of North AmericaHistory.Indians, Treatment ofHistory.Shuswap Indians.371.82997/9371.97979Furniss Elizabeth1959-1556045MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780760603321Victims of benevolence3818434UNINA