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For over a century, the Canadian government suppressed the language and learning of its aboriginal peoples through a system of enforced schooling in 'civilised' culture. The system was only abandoned in 1986; the pain it inflicted, as well as the problems it created, live on

Discusses the Canadian government practice of enforced residential schooling of aboriginal peoples, from 1869-1986, and resulted in suppression of language and culture that still affects First Nations peoples.

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword by Mary Jane Logan McCallum -- Preface to the 1999 Edition -- Acknowledgements, 1999-2017 -- Introduction -- Part 1. Vision: The Circle of Civilized Conditions -- Chapter 1. The Tuition of Thomas Moore -- Chapter 2. The Imperial Heritage, 1830 to 1879 -- Chapter 3. The Founding Vision of Residential School Education, 1879 TO 1920 -- Part 2. Reality: The System at Work, 1879 to 1946 -- Chapter 4. "A National Crime": Building and Managing the System, 1879 to 1946 -- Chapter 5. "The Charge of Manslaughter": Disease and Death, 1879 to 1946 -- Chapter 6. "We Are Going to Tell You How We Are Treated": Food and Clothing, 1879 to 1946 -- Photographs -- Chapter 7. The Parenting Presumption: Neglect and Abuse -- Chapter 8. Teaching and Learning, 1879 to 1946 -- Part 3. Integration and Guardianship, 1946 to 1986 -- Chapter 9. Integration for Closure, 1946 to 1986 -- Chapter 10. Persistence: The Struggle for Closure -- Chapter 11. Northern and Arctic Assimilation -- Chapter 12. The Failure of Guardianship: Neglect and Abuse, 1946 to 1986 -- Epilogue. Beyond Closure, 1992 to 1998 -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.