{"product_id":"what-we-learned-9780774830201","title":"What We Learned","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving beyond the more familiar stories of residential schools, two generations of Tsimshian students recall their experiences attending day and public schools in northwestern British Columbia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToo many stories are still untold; too many memories have been lost to the ages; too many biases have coloured our view of the past. That is why a book such as this one is a treasure, an overdue and culturally aware look at a forgotten aspect of the education of Indigenous children in British Columbia. -- Dave Obee, a member of the board of Canada's History Society and editor-in-chief of the Times Colonist in Victoria * Canada's History, Vol. 97 No. 1, February 2017 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelen Raptis has written an important book about Tsimshian educational history. It is also a book about building research relationships with Indigenous communities. It is a work that recognizes, implicitly, that Indigenous history does not run in a straight line but is more liquid and circular. The journey to understand the Indigenous past requires deft canoe navigation through riptides and crosscurrents, past colonization’s half-submerged debris. Landing on the beach, one discovers no conventional separation between past, present, and future. There are only the stories—the stories and the sacred landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Michael Marker, University of British Columbia * History of Education Quarterly, Vol. 57 No. 1, February 2017 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the few serious studies of the subject, [\u003ci\u003eWhat We Learned\u003c\/i\u003e] provides an unusually detailed account of the transition from on-reserve to integrated schooling through the eyes of those who were there … With its contextual richness, innovative methodology, sharp analysis, and poignant personal narratives, \u003ci\u003eWhat We Learned\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that deserves a wide audience.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Brian Titley, The University of Lethbridge * BC Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Raptis] draws on a rich range of Indigenous scholarship, as well as the Tsimshian oral histories, in producing a nuanced account of learning that complicates the current focus on residential schools and that radically questions the equation of formal education with learning …The result is a perceptive, self-reflexive and important contribution, at once substantive and methodological.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Elaine Coburn, Glendon Campus, York University * Oral History Forum d'histoire orale *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat We Learned \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a fascinating account of the complexities of everyday educational life for Tsimshian students in twentieth-century British Columbia. It will be of interest to many both inside and outside of the academy.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Sean Carleton, University of Alberta * BC Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn What We Learned: Two Generations Reflect on Tsimshian Education and the Day Schools\u003c\/i\u003e, Helen Raptis reminds historians of education that not all Indigenous children were forcibly removed and sent to residential schools … Raptis and her collaborators challenge not only histories of Indigenous education that centre on residential schools, but also histories of British Columbia centred on white settlers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat We Learned\u003c\/i\u003e will be a significant resource for those seeking to widen and deepen conversations on our shared past. -- Jacqueline Gresko * BC BookLook *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \/ \u003cem\u003eJames McDonald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 A Class List and a Puzzle: Researching Indigenous Schooling and Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Indigenous Schooling as Assimilation: From Segregation to Integration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Tsimshian Education versus Western-Style Schooling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Walking on Two Paths: Education and Schooling at Port Essington among the Pre-1950s Generation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Buried Seeds Taking Root: Dispossession and Resurgence at Terrace among the Post-1950s Generation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Stability and Change: Tsimshian Education and Schooling across Time and Place\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes;Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MN - University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037949854039,"sku":"9780774830201","price":35.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774830201.jpg?v=1750938322","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-we-learned-9780774830201","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}