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Blackstock, Cindy Campbell, Nicola I Churchill, Ward. Kozol, Jonathan Lajimodiere, Denise K.Blackstock, Cindy
Summary: Spirit Bear is off on another adventure! Follow him as he learns about traditional knowledge and Residential Schools from his Uncle Huckleberry and his friend, Lak'insxw, before heading to Algonquin territory, where children teach him about Shannen's Dream. Spirit Bear and his new friends won't stop until Shannen's Dream of "safe and comfy schools" comes true for every First Nations student.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada 2018
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Summary: Education professor Denise Lajimodiere's interest in American Indian boarding school survivors stories evolved from recording her father and other family members speaking of their experiences. The journey to record survivors stories led her through the Dakotas and Minnesota and into the personal and private space of boarding school survivors. While there, she heard stories that they had never...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Dakota State University Press 2019
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Summary: Ward (American Indian studies, U. of Colorado, Boulder) traces the history of removing Native American children from their homes to residential schools as part of government policies, 1880s-1980s, which he views as genocidal. He includes photos of victims of "residential school syndrome," and a list of these schools in the US and Canada.
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.829 CHUSummary: An Indian woman's visions and a geologist's investigation of an earthquake come together to reveal secrets about the atrocities that took place at a Native American boarding school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF OLDSummary: Trail of tears : Cherokee legacy: Documents the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Shows the suffering endured by the Cherokees as they lost their land and the difficult conditions they endured on the trail. Describes how thousands of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears, nearly a quarter of the nation, including most of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRAKozol, Jonathan
Summary: "An eloquent and passionate call for educational reparations, from the New York Times bestselling author"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2024
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Summary: Shi-shi-etko, a Native American girl, spends the last four days before she goes to residential school learning valuable lessons from her mother, father, and grandmother, and creating precious memories of home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press, [2005] 2005