Victims of benevolence : the dark legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School / Elizabeth Furniss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Furniss, Elizabeth, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--British Columbia--Williams Lake--History.

Indians of North America.

Indians, Treatment of--British Columbia--Williams Lake--History.

Indians, Treatment of.

Shuswap Indians.

St. Joseph's Mission (Williams Lake, B.C.)--History.

St. Joseph's Mission (Williams Lake, B.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, B.C. : Arsenal Pulp Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An unsettling study of two tragic events at an Indian residential school in British Columbia which serve as a microcosm of the profound impact the residential school system had on Aboriginal communities in Canada throughout this century. The book's focal points are the death of a runaway boy and the suicide of another while they were students at the Williams Lake Indian Residential School during the early part of this century. Embedded in these stories is the complex relationship between the Department of Indian Affairs, the Oblates, and the Aboriginal communities that in turn has inf

Contents:

Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: A ""Sacred Duty""; CHAPTER TWO: The Shuswap Response to Colonialism; CHAPTER THREE: The Early Years of the Mission School; CHAPTER FOUR: A Death and an Inquest; CHAPTER FIVE: The Government Investigation; CHAPTER SIX: Runaways and a Suicide; CHAPTER SEVEN: History in the Present; Appendix; Notes; Index

Notes:

"An earlier version of this book was published by the Cariboo Tribal Council in 1992"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612643903

9781282643901

1282643908

9781551523378

155152337X

OCLC:

645940069