{"product_id":"power-through-testimony-reframing-residential-schools-in-the-age-of-reconciliation-paperback-softback-9780774833905","title":"Power Through Testimony; Reframing Residential Schools in the Age of Reconciliation (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774833905","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePower Through Testimony\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReframing Residential Schools in the Age of Reconciliation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrieg Capitaine (Edited by), Karine Vanthuyne (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774833905\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.38 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePower Through Testimony\u003c\/em\u003e provides a rich and nuanced exploration of the complex dynamics of 'reconciliation' that is indeed valuable in understanding the legacy of residential schools as it continues to unfold. - Tricie Lea-Scott, Heriot-Watt University, Dubai (British Journal of Canadian Studies) \u003cp\u003eThe contributors to \u003cem\u003ePower through Testimony\u003c\/em\u003e provide an important commentary on the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the limitations of its mandate.\u003c\/p\u003e - Jon Reyhner, Department of Educational Specialties, Northern Arizona University (Canadian Journal of Native Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePower through Testimony\u003c\/em\u003e documents how survivors are remembering and reframing our understanding of residential schools in the wake of the 2007 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), a forum for survivors, families, and communities to share their memories and stories with the Canadian public. The commission closed and reported in 2015, and this timely volume reveals what happened on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on field research during the commission and in local communities, the contributors document how residential schools have been understood and represented by various groups and individuals over time; how survivors are undermining colonial narratives about residential schools; and how the churches and former school staff are receiving or resisting the \"new\" residential school story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately, \u003cem\u003ePower through Testimony\u003c\/em\u003e questions the power of the TRC to unsettle dominant colonial narratives about residential schools and transform the relationship between Indigenous people and Canadian society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \/ \u003cem\u003eRonald Niezen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \/ \u003cem\u003eBrieg Capitaine and Karine Vanthuyne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Action\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 On the Making of a National Tragedy: The Transformation of the Meaning of the Indian Residential Schools \/ \u003cem\u003eEric Taylor Woods\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Telling a Story and Performing the Truth: The Indian Residential School as Cultural Trauma \/ \u003cem\u003eBrieg Capitaine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Loving to Reconcile: Love as a Political Emotion at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission \/ \u003cem\u003eRobyn Green\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Learning through Conversation: An Inquiry into Shame \/ \u003cem\u003eJanice Cindy Gaudet and Lawrence Martin\/Wapistan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Conflicting Memories and Paths of Action\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Surviving as Mi'kmaq and First Nations People: The Legacies of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School in Nova Scotia \/ \u003cem\u003eSimone Poliandri\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 \"National Memory\" and Its Remainders: Labrador Inuit Counterhistories of Residential Schooling \/ \u003cem\u003eArie Molena\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Remembering Residential Schools, Accounting for Decolonization through Development: Conflicting Viewpoints \/ \u003cem\u003eKarine Vanthuyne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: (Un)reckoning with Historical Abuses\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 The New Victims: Perpetrators before the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission \/ \u003cem\u003eJula Hughes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 Residential Schools in Canada: Why the Message Is Not Getting Across \/ \u003cem\u003eCheryl Gaver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpilogue \/ \u003cem\u003eCharles R. 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