Bibliograph

Indian school road, legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School, Chris Benjamin

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Indian school road, legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School, Chris Benjamin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Indian school road

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

881859919

Responsibility statement

Chris Benjamin

Sub title

legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Why and How; I. Before Shubenacadie; A Superiority Complex; The Canadian Residential School System; II. The Shubenacadie Indian Residential School; A School For Maritime Indians; The Men In Charge; The Teachers; The Children; III. One Year From Another; Push for Change; The Last Decade; IV. After Shubenacadie; Children in Care; Lasting Hurt; Reconciliation; Moving Education; Circling Back; Sources and Acknowledgements; Further Reading

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