
A Knock on the Door
The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
University of Manitoba Press
Published on 18. December 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-0-88755-785-9 (ISBN)
Description
It can start with a knock on the door one morning. It is the local Indian agent, or the parish priest, or, perhaps, a Mounted Police officer. So began the school experience of many Indigenous children in Canada for more than a hundred years, and so begins the history of residential schools prepared by the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
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Edition
Edited and abridged from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; Published in cooperation with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Language
English
Place of publication
Winnipeg
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Abridged edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
388 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88755-785-9 (9780887557859)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Phil Fontaine is a Survivor, TRC honorary witness, and former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
Foreword