Kill the Indian, save the man : the genocidal impact of American Indian residential schools /
by Ward Churchill.
- xlix, 158 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-150) and index.
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.
"For five consecutive generations, from roughly 1880-1980, 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 disintegration with results that can only be described as genocidal.; Ward Churchill is the author of A Little Matter of Genocide, among other books. He is currently a Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder."--Publisher description.
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Off-reservation boarding schools--History Indian children--Relocation--History.--United States Indian children--Education Indian children--Social conditions Indians of North America--Government relations
United States--Social policy United States--Race relations