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PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press

ISBN-101496203860

ISBN-139781496203861

eBay Product ID (ePID)14038392295

Product Key Features

Number of Pages450 Pages

Publication NameThis Benevolent Experiment : Indigenous Boarding Schools, Genocide, and Redress in Canada and the United States

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

SubjectGenocide & War Crimes, General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-), United States / General, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects

TypeTextbook

AuthorAndrew Woolford

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Education, History

SeriesIndigenous Education Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight23.6 Oz

Item Length13.4 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2015-013788

Reviews"[ This Benevolent Experiment ] is a genuine contribution to the literature and will remain for years to come a major source for understanding this tragic, but nonetheless fascinating, chapter in indigenous-colonial settler relations."--David Wallace Adams, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, "This important book, which students, scholars, and policy makers in the U.S. and Canada should read, is a testament to the quality of the work and the still limited understanding of its subject in both countries."--C. R. King, CHOICE, "Andrew Woolford's contribution to the field of residential school studies is fascinating. . . . This important work deserves to be read and debated in both countries."--Jim Mochoruk, South Dakota State Historical Society, "Scholars of indigenous boarding schools will find Woolford's book a valuable tool in analyzing and describing the destructive power of these institutions."--John Gram, Western Historical Quarterly, "[ This Benevolent Experiment ] is well written, intelligently organized, meticulously researched, and offers original content. Woolford provides an important addition to the growing and rich literature about American Indian genocide and boarding schools."--Clifford E. Trafzer, American Historical Review, " This Benevolent Experiment is a must-read for the experts and students of North American history and Native Americans alike."--Arif Jamal, Washington Book Review, "Andrew Woolford's outstanding book offers fresh contributions to the field of Indigenous and settler colonial studies. His comparison of the Indian boarding schools in the United States with their Canadian counterparts yields new insights into both. He provides a sophisticated and probing analysis of whether these schools constituted genocidal policies and practices. This is a top-notch piece of scholarship that should enrich our scholarly--and national--debates for decades to come."--Margaret Jacobs, author of White Mother to a Dark Race and A Generation Removed

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal371.829/97073

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Preface 1. Introduction 2. Settler Colonial Genocide in North America 3. Framing the Indian as a Problem 4. Schools, Staff, Parents, Communities, and Students 5. Discipline and Desire as Assimilative Techniques 6. Knowledge and Violence as Assimilative Techniques 7. Local Actors and Assimilation 8. Aftermaths and Redress 9. Conclusion Notes References Index

SynopsisA Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2017 At the end of the nineteenth century, Indigenous boarding schools were touted as the means for solving the "Indian problem" in both the United States and Canada. With the goal of permanently transforming Indigenous young people into Europeanized colonial subjects, the schools were ultimately a means for eliminating Indigenous communities as obstacles to land acquisition, resource extraction, and nation-building. Andrew Woolford analyzes the formulation of the "Indian problem" as a policy concern in the United States and Canada and examines how the "solution" of Indigenous boarding schools was implemented in Manitoba and New Mexico through complex chains that included multiple government offices with a variety of staffs, Indigenous peoples, and even nonhuman actors such as poverty, disease, and space. The genocidal project inherent in these boarding schools, however, did not unfold in either nation without diversion, resistance, and unintended consequences. Inspired by the signing of the 2007 Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement in Canada, which provided a truth and reconciliation commission and compensation for survivors of residential schools, This Benevolent Experiment offers a multilayered, comparative analysis of Indigenous boarding schools in the United States and Canada. Because of differing historical, political, and structural influences, the two countries have arrived at two very different responses to the harm caused by assimilative education. Andrew Woolford is a professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Manitoba and a recipient of a Fulbright Scholar award. He is the author of Between Justice and Certainty: Treaty-Making in British Columbia and the coeditor of Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America ., A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2017 This important book, which students, scholars, and policy makers in the U.S. and Canada should read, is a testament to the quality of the work and the still limited understanding of its subject in both countries. --C. R. King, Choice At the end of the nineteenth century, Indigenous boarding schools were touted as the means for solving the "Indian problem" in both the United States and Canada. With the goal of permanently transforming Indigenous young people into Europeanized colonial subjects, the schools were ultimately a means for eliminating Indigenous communities as obstacles to land acquisition, resource extraction, and nation-building. Andrew Woolford analyzes the formulation of the "Indian problem" as a policy concern in the United States and Canada and examines how the "solution" of Indigenous boarding schools was implemented in Manitoba and New Mexico through complex chains that included multiple government offices with a variety of staffs, Indigenous peoples, and even nonhuman actors such as poverty, disease, and space. The genocidal project inherent in these boarding schools, however, did not unfold in either nation without diversion, resistance, and unintended consequences. Inspired by the signing of the 2007 Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement in Canada, which provided a truth and reconciliation commission and compensation for survivors of residential schools, This Benevolent Experiment offers a multilayered, comparative analysis of Indigenous boarding schools in the United States and Canada. Because of differing historical, political, and structural influences, the two countries have arrived at two very different responses to the harm caused by assimilative education.

LC Classification NumberE96.W66 2015