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Canada's First Nations and cultural genocide  Cover Image Book Book

Canada's First Nations and cultural genocide / Robert Z. Cohen.

Cohen, Robert Z. (Author).

Summary:

"Examines the cultural genocide of Canada's First Nations people, discussing how Native children were removed from their homes and abused through forced assimilation, causing them to lose their Native identity."--Provided by the publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781508171621 (library bound)
  • Physical Description: 64 p. : col., ill. ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Rosen Publishing, 2017.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction - 1. From Kanata to Canada - 2. "Bring them to civilizaiton" - 3. Stolen children, stolen languages - 4. A day at school - 5. Closing the schools, healing the wounds -- Timeline -- Glossary -- For more information -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject: Indians of North America > Canada > Social conditions.
Indians of North America > Canada > Cultural assimilation.
Indians of North America > Education > Canada.
Off-reservation boarding schools > Canada.
Topic Heading: First Nations Canada.
Indigenous.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Gibsons Public Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Gibsons Public Library JUV 971.004 COHE (Text) 30886000681037 Juv Nonfiction Volume hold Available -

Summary: "Examines the cultural genocide of Canada's First Nations people, discussing how Native children were removed from their homes and abused through forced assimilation, causing them to lose their Native identity."--Provided by the publisher.

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