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The book was published two years before the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission began to investigate the residential school system and was among the first children's books from a survivor of Canada's Indian Residential School System.
The Qu'Appelle Indian Industrial School in Lebret, Assiniboia, North-West Territories, c. 1885 Study period at a Roman Catholic Indian Residential School in Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories. The Canadian Indian residential school system [a] was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples.
Five Little Indians is the debut novel by Cree Canadian writer Michelle Good, published in 2020 by Harper Perennial. [1] The novel focuses on five survivors of the Canadian Indian residential school system, struggling to rebuild their lives in Vancouver, British Columbia after the end of their time in the residential schools. [2]
Books about residential schools in Canada (9 P) Pages in category "Works about residential schools in Canada" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Bev Sellars is a Xat'sull writer of the award-winning book, They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School, describing her experiences within the Canadian Indian residential school system. She is also a longtime-serving Chief of the Xat'sull First Nations.
The book's title comes from a quote attributed to Richard Henry Pratt, an Army officer who developed the Carlisle Indian School, the first (off-reservation) Indian boarding school, from his experience in educating Native American prisoners of war. [1] Its model of cultural immersion and assimilation was adopted for use at other government schools.
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All Hallows Indian Residential School; Yale; opened 1884; closed 1920 (AN) The listing is incorrect. All Hallows was a school for all girls, including uppercrust society girls from Victoria, who studied alongside native girls. This was a residential school, but only in the same sense as Sacred Heart or Vancouver College.