Indian Education in Canada: The Challenge (Nakoda Institute Occasional Paper, No. 2-3)

by Jean Barman (Editor), Yvonne Hebert (Editor), Don McCaskill (Editor)

The two volumes comprising Indian Education in Canada present the first full-length discussion of this important subject since the adoption in 1972 of a new federal policy moving toward Indian control of Indian education. Volume 1 analyzes the education of Indian children by whites since the arrival of the first Europeans in Canada. Volume 2 is concerned with the wide-ranging changes that have taken place since 1972.

265 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Chris Kostov · Rating 5 out of 5]

All authors in the volume are prominent Canadian scholars and historians that give detailed accounts of the Indian residential schools across Canada and the Aboriginal experience there. Despite the different schools they deal with, all authors of the volume agree that the residential schools were a very traumatizing experience for the Aboriginal students. The general conclusion is that this oppressive system of education through assimilation appeared to be a huge failure.