Kill the Indian, save the man : the genocidal impact of American Indian residential schools

Summary: Ward (American Indian studies, U. of Colorado, Boulder) traces the history of removing Native American children from their homes to residential schools as part of government policies, 1880s-1980s, which he views as genocidal. He includes photos of victims of "residential school syndrome," and a list of these schools in the US and Canada.

Record details

ISBN: 0872864340
ISBN: 9780872864344
Physical Description: print
xlix, 158 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Publisher: San Francisco : City Lights, c2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-150) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction "That Little Matter of Genocide Revisited: Contours of a Hidden Holocaust in Native North America" / Ward Churchill -- Genocide by Any Other Name: American Indian Residential Schools in Context -- Form and Scope of the Crime -- Genocide in North America -- "To Kill the Indian ..." -- Forcing the Transfer of Children -- Destroying the National Pattern of the Oppressed Group -- Imposing the National Pattern of the Oppressor -- The "Slow Death Measure" of Starvation -- "Indirect Killing" by Disease -- The "Slow Death Measure" of Forced Labor -- Torture -- Predation -- Worlds of Pain -- Putting Shape to the Future.