Kill the Indian, Save the Man
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assimilationist policies
Author_Ward Churchill
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colonialism
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forced relocation of Native Americans
genocide of the Native Americans
Native American children in residential schools
oppression
prohibition of Native American customs
racism
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- ISBN 9780872864344
- Weight: 326g
- Dimensions: 152 x 215mm
- Publication Date: 16 Dec 2004
- Publisher: City Lights Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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For five consecutive generations, from roughly 1880-1980, Native American children in the United States and Canada were forcibly taken from their families and relocated to residential schools. The stated goal of this government program was to "kill the Indian to save the man." Half of the children did not survive the experience, and those who did were left permanently scarred. The resulting alcoholism, suicide, and the transmission of trauma to their own children has led to a social disintegration with results that can only be described as genocidal. Ward Churchill is the author of A Little Matter of Genocide, among other books. He is currently a Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Ward Churchill has achieved an unparalleled reputation as a scholar-activist and analyst of indigenous issues. He is a Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, a leading member of AIM, and the author of numerous books, including A Little Matter of Genocide, Struggle for the Land, and Fantasies of the Master Race.
