Residential Schools: The Stolen Years

by Linda Jaine (Editor)

Back of book:
"What has been broken can be healed,
what has been stolen can be reclaimed.
The stories in this book are the voices of our community. Each story given, as a gift, is an act of resistance.
An act of healing."

From the preface: "Depicts an era in Canadian history when Indigenous children were taken from their parents and placed in institutions under the care of the federal government and various religious denominations. This era is of profound importance because the treatment children received has had, and continues to have, a devastating impact upon individuals, families, communities and nations. "

142 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Cyd Highfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heartbreaking.
The amount of cultural genocide that was done is staggering. It has affected Indigenous people's way of life in horrible ways that still continues to bleed down to future generations.

[Taryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

On the path to learn more this year, this is my third book about indigenous life. This is a book compiled of short stories written by survivors of residential Schools. This is something that needs to be shared and needs to be talked about. Many generations of lives have been severely affected by these so called "schools". I always live by the reasoning that I can educate myself by reading.