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What we learned : two generations reflect on Tsimshian education and the day schools
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

2016
Book
Creators
Raptis, Helen.
Description
"The legacy of residential schools has haunted Canadians in recent years, yet little is known about the day and public schools where most Indigenous children were sent to be educated. In What We Learned, two generations of Tsimshian students--elders born in the 1930s and 1940s and middle-aged adults born in the 1950s and 1960s--add their recollections of attending day schools in northwestern British Columbia to the contemporary discussions of Indigenous schooling in Canada. Their stories also invite readers to consider traditional Indigenous views of education that conceive of learning as a lifelong experience that takes place across multiple contexts."

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ISBN
9780774830195; 0774830190
Statement of Responsibility
Helen Raptis with members of the Tsimshian Nation ; the members of the Tsimshian Nation are Mildred Roberts, Wally Miller, Sam Lockerby, Verna Inkster, Clifford Bolton, Harvey Wing, Charlotte Guno, Don Roberts Junior, Steve Roberts, Richard Roberts, Carol Sam, and Jim Roberts.
Publication Information
Vancouver : UBC Press,
Physical Description
xiii, 207 pages : illustrations 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued also in electronic format.
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