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Indian school road, legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School, Chris Benjamin

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Indian school road, legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School, Chris Benjamin
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Indian school road
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Chris Benjamin
Sub title
legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School
Summary
In Indian School Road, journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting effects, giving voice to multiple perspectives for the first time. Benjamin integrates research, interviews, and testimonies to guide readers through the varied experiences of students, principals, and teachers over the schools nearly forty years of operation (1930-1967) and beyond. Exposing the raw wounds of Truth and Reconciliation as well as the struggle for an inclusive Mi'kmaw education system, Indian School Road is a comprehensive and compassionate narrative history of the school that uneducated hundreds of Aboriginal children
Target audience
adult
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