Stolen from Our Embrace : The Abduction of First Nations Children and the Restoration of Aboriginal Communities

Stolen from Our Embrace: The Abduction of First Nations Children and the Restoration of Aboriginal Communities

David Neel, Ernie Crey, Suzanne Fournier
$26.95


This important and timely book is a balance of the most gruesome elements of assimilation: church-run schools, the child welfare system, survivors of sexual abuse, and Foetal Alcohol Syndrome counter-balanced against heroic stories of children who survived, fought back, and found their way home.

Harrrowing stories are presented wherever possible in the first person, by Fournier, a journalist, and Cree, a B.C native spokesperson and activist, and a stolen child himself. The final message is optimistic, suggesting that redress and reconciliation could enrich the entire country by creating healthy aboriginal communities.


Prize(s): Winner Hubert-Evans Prize for Non-Ficiton (1998) 


Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN: 9781550546613
Paperback / softback
6.0 in x 9.0 in - 248 pp
Publication Date: 01/06/1998
BISAC Subject(s):: SOC021000-SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies,HIS028000-HISTORY / Native American 
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This important and timely book is a balance of the most gruesome elements of assimilation: church-run schools, the child welfare system, survivors of sexual abuse, and Foetal Alcohol Syndrome counter-balanced against heroic stories of children who survived, fought back, and found their way home.

Harrrowing stories are presented wherever possible in the first person, by Fournier, a journalist, and Cree, a B.C native spokesperson and activist, and a stolen child himself. The final message is optimistic, suggesting that redress and reconciliation could enrich the entire country by creating healthy aboriginal communities.


Prize(s): Winner Hubert-Evans Prize for Non-Ficiton (1998) 

Details


Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN: 9781550546613
Paperback / softback
6.0 in x 9.0 in - 248 pp
Publication Date: 01/06/1998
BISAC Subject(s):: SOC021000-SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies,HIS028000-HISTORY / Native American 
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