Greenland's Stolen Indigenous Children: A Personal Testimony

by Helene Thiesen

Book Overview

In this book, author Helene Thiesen recounts her experience of being removed from her family in Greenland as a young Inuk child, to be 're-educated' in Denmark and an orphanage in Greenland.　

The practice of forcible assimilation of Indigenous children into colonial societies through 'education' has echoes in North America and Australasia, and the painful legacy of these practices remains under-acknowledged. In this poignant book,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032149353
• ISBN13: 9781032149356
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"