{"product_id":"the-sleeping-giant-awakens-genocide-indian-residential-schools-and-the-challenge-of-conciliation-paperback-softback-9781487522698","title":"The Sleeping Giant Awakens; Genocide, Indian Residential Schools, and the Challenge of Conciliation (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487522698","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Sleeping Giant Awakens\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGenocide, Indian Residential Schools, and the Challenge of Conciliation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid B. MacDonald (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487522698\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 May 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 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\"In addition to residential school survivor memoirs, the superb \u003cem\u003eThe Sleeping Giant Awakens\u003c\/em\u003e should be mandatory reading for all Canadians.\" - Jane Griffith (\u003cem\u003eOntario History\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"MacDonald\u0026amp;#x2019;s argument that the harms of forcible transfer are genocidal is compelling and well made. As he also acknowledges, however, the settler state cannot resolve or fully address these harms unless it is prepared to enter into a new relationship with First Nations on profoundly different terms.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Sarah Maddison (\u003cem\u003eThe British Journal\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfronting the truths of Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s Indian residential school system has been likened to waking a sleeping giant. In \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeping Giant Awakens\u003c\/i\u003e, David B. MacDonald uses genocide as an analytical tool to better understand Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;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 of Indigenous children to residential schools and the \"Sixties Scoop,\" in which Indigenous children were taken from their communities and placed in foster homes or adopted.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on archival research, extensive interviews with residential school Survivors, and officials at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, among others, \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeping Giant Awakens\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique and timely perspective on the prospects for conciliation after genocide, exploring the difficulties in moving forward in a context where many settlers know little of the residential schools and ongoing legacies of colonization and need to have a better conception of Indigenous rights. It provides a detailed analysis of how the TRC approached genocide in its deliberations and in its Final Report.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrucially, MacDonald engages critics who argue that the term genocide impedes understanding of the IRS system and imperils prospects for conciliation. By contrast, this book sees genocide recognition as an important basis for meaningful discussions of how to engage Indigenous-settler relations in respectful and proactive ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Understanding Genocide: Raphael Lemkin, the UN Genocide Convention, and International Law\u003cbr\u003e2. Pluralists, Indigenous Peoples, and Colonial Genocide\u003cbr\u003e3. Forcible Transfer as Genocide in the Indian Residential Schools\u003cbr\u003e4. The Sixties and Seventies Scoop and the Genocide Convention\u003cbr\u003e5. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the Question of Genocide\u003cbr\u003e6. The TRC, Indigenous Death, Inside and Outside the Residential Schools\u003cbr\u003e7. Indigenous Genocide: Remembering, Commemorating, Forgetting\u003cbr\u003e8. Indigenous Peoples and Genocide: Challenges of Recognition and Remembering\u003cbr\u003e9. Reconciliation, Resurgence, and Rollback in the Aftermath of Genocide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685666386200,"sku":"9781487522698","price":19.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-sleeping-giant-awakens-genocide-indian-residential-schools-and-the-challenge-of-conciliation-paperback-softback-9781487522698","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}