A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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“It will possibly start with a knock at the door one morning. It’s the local Indian agent, or the parish priest, or, most likely, a Mounted Police officer.” So started the school experience of many Indigenous children in Canada for more than a hundred years, and so begins the history of residential schools prepared by the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). Between 2008 and 2015, the TRC provided opportunities for individuals, families, and communities to share their experiences of residential schools and released several reports in keeping with 7000 survivor statements and five million documents from government, churches, and schools, in addition to a high-quality grounding in secondary sources.
 
A Knock at the Door, published in collaboration with the National Research Centre for Truth & Reconciliation, gathers material from the several reports the TRC has produced to give the crucial history and legacy of residential schools in a concise and accessible package.
 
Survivor and former National Chief of the Assembly First Nations, Phil Fontaine, provides a Foreword, and an Afterword by Aimée Craft introduces the holdings and opportunities of the National Centre for Truth & Reconciliation, home to the archive of recordings, and documents collected by the TRC.
 

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