Words have a past : the English language, colonialism, and the newspapers of Indian boarding schools /

For nearly 100 years, Indian boarding schools in Canada and the United States produced newspapers read by white settlers, government officials and Indigenous parents. These newspapers were used as a settler colonial tool, yet within these tightly controlled narratives there also existed sites of res...

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Main Author: Griffith, Jane, 1983- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
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Summary:For nearly 100 years, Indian boarding schools in Canada and the United States produced newspapers read by white settlers, government officials and Indigenous parents. These newspapers were used as a settler colonial tool, yet within these tightly controlled narratives there also existed sites of resistance. This book traces colonial narratives of language, time and place from the nineteenth-century to the present day, post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Physical Description:xi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1487521553
9781487501617
9781487521554
1487501617