Victims of benevolence : the dark legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School

Type

Book

Authors

Elizabeth Furniss ( Furniss, Elizabeth )

ISBN 10

155152015X

ISBN 13

9781551520155

Tags

Cariboo Indian School, Cariboo Indian School -- History, St. Joseph's Mission (Williams Lake B.C.) -- History, St. Joseph's Mission (Williams Lake B.C.), Treatment of Indigenous Peoples, British Columbia -- Williams Lake, Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Education -- History, Secwepemc, Treatment of Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Williams Lake -- History, Residential schools -- British Columbia, Residential schools -- Canada -- History, Residential schools -- Canada, Residential Schools, British Columbia

Abstract

"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. Imbedded in these stories is the complex relationship between the Department of Indian Affairs, the Oblates, and the Aboriginal communities that in turn has influenced relations between government, church, and Aboriginals today."--Amazon.

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