One of the first books published to deal with the phenomenon of residential schools in Canada, Resistance and Renewal is a disturbing collection of Native perspectives on the Kamloops Indian Residential School(KIRS) in the British Columbia interior. Interviews with thirteen Natives, all former residents of KIRS, form the nucleus of the book, a frank depiction of school life, and a telling account of the system's oppressive environment which sought to stifle Native culture.
Winner of the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize (BC Book Prize) in 1989.
Now in its 8th printing.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-158) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 371.97/97/0711
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 19
- General Note
- Originally published: Vancouver [B.C.] : Tillacum Library, c1988 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-bc
- ISBN
- 9781551523354 0889781893
- LCCN
- E96.5
- LCCN Item number
- H34 1988eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (164 p., [4] p. of plates)
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00602958 (OCoLC)288059153 (CaOOCEL)409134
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS 8
- PREFACE 10
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 14
- FOREWORD 16
- INTRODUCTION 26
- I. SETTING THE SCENE 28
- The Governments 30
- Missionaries 34
- The Secwepemc 38
- II. FROM HOME TO SCHOOL 40
- At Home 40
- The Transition 48
- III. SCHOOL LIFE 59
- The School Day 60
- Extracurricular Activities 76
- Discipline 83
- Family Visits and Summer Holidays 86
- IV. THE RESISTANCE 99
- V. GOING HOME 116
- VI. EPILOGUE 127
- APPENDICES 142
- A. Problem and Literature Review 142
- B. Methodology 150
- C. Participants 157
- D. Interview Schedule 158
- E. Map of Bands of Shuswap Nation 159
- F. Study Notes 160
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 164
- INDEX 169
- A 169
- B 169
- C 169
- D 170
- E 170
- F 170
- G 170
- H 170
- I 170
- J 170
- K 170
- L 171
- M 171
- N 171
- O 171
- P 171
- R 171
- S 172
- T 172
- U 172
- V 172
- W 172
