The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Genocide, Indian Residential Schools, and the Challenge of Conciliation

by David B. MacDonald

Book Overview

Confronting the truths of Canada's Indian residential school system has been likened to waking a sleeping giant. In The Sleeping Giant Awakens, David B. MacDonald uses genocide as an analytical tool to better understand Canada's past and present relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples. Starting with a discussion of how genocide is defined in domestic and international law, the book applies the concept to the forced transfer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148752269X
• ISBN13: 9781487522698
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"