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The circle game : shadows and substance in the Indian residential school experience in Canada
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

1997

Book

Related School

St. Joseph's (BC)

Creators

Chrisjohn, Roland David

Contributors

Young, Sherri Lynn; Maraun, Michael

Description

"Was the residential school era a misguided feature of Canada's generous humanitarian inclinations toward Aboriginal peoples? Were the notorious brutal acts of the operators of these schools the sporadic and isolated deeds of a few malign individuals? The authors of The Circle Game shout a resounding 'No!' to these and related questions, arguing that existing accounts in various Canadian and Aboriginal media systematically obscure and misinform about the facts and their interpretation"--publisher's website.

More Information

Holding Library

Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

ISBN

0919441858; 9780919441859

Statement of Responsibility

Roland Chrisjohn ; with Sherri Young ; contributions by Michael Maraun.

Publication Information

Penticton B.C. : Theytus Books

Physical Description

327 p. : 23 cm

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Unanswered questions/unquestioned answers -- Chapter 2: Ground sternly disputed -- Chapter 3: The events -- Chapter 4: ...and they call it peace -- Chapter 5: Residential school syndrome -- Chapter 6: The forest and the trees -- Chapter 7: Recommendations -- Chapter 8: The Circle Game -- Appendix A. The United Nations Genocide Convention -- Appendix B. Research and residential schooling: ideas for First Nations individuals and communities -- Appendix C. Psychological assessment and First Nations: ethics, theory, and practice -- Appendix D. Community-based research into residential school effects: a summary of the Cariboo Tribal Council research -- Appendix E. Among school children: psychological imperialism and the residential school experience in Canada -- Appendix F. The red road from error to truth: authentic resistance to the aftermath of Indian residential schooling -- Appendix G. Intelligence research and the legacy of confusion.