Words Have a Past
The English Language, Colonialism, and the Newspapers of Indian Boarding Schools
By Jane Griffith | Publisher: University of Toronto Press
About the book
For nearly 100 years, Indian boarding schools in Canada and the US 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.
Editions of Words Have a Past
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781487501617
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781487521554
- EBook
- ISBN 9781487513610
- PDF
- ISBN 9781487513603
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For nearly 100 years, Indian boarding schools in Canada and the US 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.
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For nearly 100 years, Indian boarding schools in Canada and the US 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.
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History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas
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Jane Griffith
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Words Have a Past is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781487501617) and paperback(ISBN 9781487521554) and ebook(ISBN 9781487513610) and pdf(ISBN 9781487513603)
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