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MacDonald, David Bruce.
Subjects
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Genocide -- Sociological aspects.
Truth commissions -- Canada.
First Nations -- Crimes against -- Canada.
First Nations -- Canada -- Residential schools.
First Nations -- Canada -- Social conditions.
Sixties Scoop, Canada, 1951-ca. 1980.
Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Canada -- Race relations -- History.
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MacDonald, David Bruce.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Genocide -- Sociological aspects.
Truth commissions -- Canada.
First Nations -- Crimes against -- Canada.
First Nations -- Canada -- Residential schools.
First Nations -- Canada -- Social conditions.
Sixties Scoop, Canada, 1951-ca. 1980.
Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Canada -- Race relations -- History.
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The
sleeping
giant
awakens
:
genocide
,
Indian
residential
schools
, and the
challenge
of
conciliation
/ David B. MacDonald.
by
MacDonald, David Bruce.
University of Toronto Press, 2019.
Call #:
305.897071 M135s
Subjects
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Genocide
-- Sociological aspects.
Truth commissions -- Canada.
First Nations -- Crimes against -- Canada.
First Nations -- Canada --
Residential
schools
.
First Nations -- Canada -- Social conditions.
Sixties Scoop, Canada, 1951-ca. 1980.
Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Canada -- Race relations -- History.
Series
UTP insights
ISBN:
9781487522698
Alternate title:
Genocide
,
Indian
residential
schools
, and the
challenge
of
conciliation
Description:
240 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Confronting the truths of Canada's
Indian
Residential
School system has been likened to waking a
sleeping
giant
. In this book, David B. MacDonald uses
genocide
as an analytical tool to better understand Canada's past and present relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples. Starting with a discussion of how
genocide
is defined in domestic and international law, the book applies the concept to the forced transfer of Indigenous children to
residential
schools
and the ?Sixties Scoop,? in which Indigenous children were taken from their communities and placed in foster homes or adopted. Based on archival research and extensive interviews with
residential
school Survivors, officials at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and others, The
Sleeping
Giant
Awakens
offers a unique and timely perspective on the prospects for
conciliation
after
genocide
, exploring how moving forward together is difficult in a context where many settlers know little of the
residential
schools
and the ongoing legacies of colonization, and need to have a better conception of Indigenous rights. It offers a detailed analysis of how the TRC approached
genocide
in its deliberations and in the Final Report. Crucially, MacDonald engages critics who argue that the term
genocide
impedes understanding of the IRS system and imperils prospects for
conciliation
. By contrast, this book sees
genocide
recognition as an important basis for meaningful discussions of how to engage Indigenous-settler relations in respectful and proactive ways."--From publisher.
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