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Kill the Indian, Save the Man: The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools

Paperback • 2004 • English

Kill the Indian, Save the Man: The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools

By Ward Churchill

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About the book

For five consecutive generations, from roughly 1880 to 1980, Native American children in the United States and Canada were forcibly taken from their families and relocated to residential schools. The stated goal of this government program was to "kill the Indian to save the man." Half of the children did not survive the experience, and those who did were left permanently scarred. The resulting alcoholism, suicide, and the transmission of trauma to their own children has led to a social disintegr...Show more

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ISBN

9780872864344

Publisher

CITY LIGHTS BOOKS

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

Kill the Indian, Save the Man: The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools

Format

Paperback

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