Kill the Indian, save the man : the genocidal impact of American Indian residential schools / by Ward Churchill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Churchill, Ward.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Off-reservation boarding schools--History.

Off-reservation boarding schools.

Indian children--Relocation--United States--History.

Indian children.

Indian children--Education.

Indian children--Social conditions.

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Indians of North America.

United States--Social policy.

United States.

United States--Race relations.

Indian children--Education--Canada.

Indian children--Canada--Social conditions.

Indian children--Education--United States.

Indian children--United States--Social conditions.

Race relations.

Social policy.

Genre:

Nonfiction.

History.

Physical Description:

xlix, 158 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : City Lights, ©2004.

Summary:

For five consecutive generations, from roughly 1880 to 1980, Native American children in the United States and Canada were forcibly taken from their families and relocated to residential schools. The stated goal of this government program was to "kill the Indian to save the man." Half of the children did not survive the experience, and those who did were left permanently scarred. The resulting alcoholism, suicide, and the transmission of trauma to their own children has led to a social disintegration with results that can only be described as genocidal. -- Provided by Publisher --

Contents:

Introduction "That Little Matter of Genocide Revisited: Contours of a Hidden Holocaust in Native North America" / Ward Churchill

Genocide by Any Other Name: American Indian Residential Schools in Context

Form and Scope of the Crime

Genocide in North America

"To Kill the Indian ..."

Forcing the Transfer of Children

Destroying the National Pattern of the Oppressed Group

Imposing the National Pattern of the Oppressor

The "Slow Death Measure" of Starvation

"Indirect Killing" by Disease

The "Slow Death Measure" of Forced Labor

Torture

Predation

Worlds of Pain

Putting Shape to the Future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-150) and index.

Local Notes:

The Indian Rights Association Complementary Collection.

ISBN:

0872864340

9780872864344

OCLC:

55000637

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