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Closure of the Indian Residential Schools

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A Cultural Sociology of Anglican Mission and the Indian Residential Schools in Canada

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In the second half of the twentieth century, indigenous communities were increasingly successful in making their concerns visible in the Canadian public sphere. Activists took aim at the prevailing benign representation of the history of indigenous-Canada relations, arguing that since confederation, they had been subjected to a sustained effort to suppress their cultures. The churches were denounced as partners in this endeavour, particularly as regards their role in the residential schools.

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Woods, E.T. (2016). Closure of the Indian Residential Schools. In: A Cultural Sociology of Anglican Mission and the Indian Residential Schools in Canada. Cultural Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48671-4_4

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