By Strength, We Are Still Here : Indigenous Peoples and Indian Residential Schooling in Inuvik, Northwest Territories / Crystal Gail Fraser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraser, Crystal, author.

Series:

Issn Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boarding schools.

Indigenous peoples--Education.

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2024]

Summary:

In this ground-breaking book, Crystal Gail Fraser draws on Gwich'in concepts of individual and collective fortitude to illuminate student experiences in northern residential schools. Led by survivor testimony, Fraser shows how both students and their parents played a role in changing the system to protect and empower their communities.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Hàįį,' Thank You (Acknowledgements)

Abbreviations

A Note on Region, Terminology, and Care

Introduction: "By Strength, We Are Still Here"

Chapter 1: "If Anybody Is Going to Go to Jail for This, I'm Taking It"

Chapter 2: "Indian Voices, Métis Voices, Demanding Attention, Demanding Equality!"

Chapter 3: "The Long Process of Tearing Our Family Apart"

Chapter 4: "Making Us into Nice White Kids"

Chapter 5: "A Secret Never to Be Talked about Because It Was Sinful"

Chapter 6: "To Find That Inner Peace, It Was So Important for Us All"

Chapter 7: "These Are Our Children and They Are Very Precious to Us"

Conclusion: "We Knew the Value of Strength"

Appendix: Place Names

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781772840964

1772840963

OCLC:

1479751721