Words Have a Past

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Words Have a Past

The English Language, Colonialism, and the Newspapers of Indian Boarding Schools

History of the Americas Social and cultural history Media studies Media studies: TV and society Media studies: advertising and society Indigenous peoples

Author: Jane Griffith

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Language: English

Published by: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division

Published on: 8th April 2019

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 328 pages

ISBN: 9781487513610


Overview

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.

Scope

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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