Shingwauk's vision : a history of native residential schools

Summary: Author, Miller, a respected historian, has turned an uncompromising eye on the 3 1/2 centuries of the residential school system, Canada's shameful experiment in social engineering. After a ten year study, Miller is able to report authoritatively and with minute precision on this tragic and colossal failure. At one time there were 80 such schools operated by churches who valued missionary zeal more than teaching skills or even healthy, compassionate humanity.