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Indian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School
$25.95
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Paperback
Text Content Territories:
Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Mi'kmaq;
Status: Available
Other Categories:
Indigenous Peoples | Indigenous Peoples in Canada | First Nations | Mi'kmaq (Mi'gmaq) | Indigenous Studies | Education | History | Residential Schools / Reconciliation | Teen Books | Canadian Indigenous Resource Lists - Secondary | Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guide Social Studies 10
Synopsis:
In Indian School Road, journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting effects, giving voice to multiple perspectives for the first time. Benjamin integrates research, interviews, and testimonies to guide readers through the varied experiences of students, principals, and teachers over the school’s nearly forty years of operation (1930–1967) and beyond. Exposing the raw wounds of Truth and Reconciliation as well as the struggle for an inclusive Mi’kmaw education system, Indian School Road is a comprehensive and compassionate narrative history of the school that uneducated hundreds of Aboriginal children.
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