Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Section 1: Mission schools in the North: 1867 to 1960
5. CHAPTER 1 An era of neglect: Canadian government policy in the North before 1950 9
6. CHAPTER 2 Laying the groundwork: Mission schools: 1850 to 1900 13
7. CHAPTER 3 Mission schools of the Northwest Territories: 1900 to 1960 17
8. CHAPTER 4 Student Life at the Mission Schools 37
9. CHAPTER 5 Education for what purpose? 45
10. CHAPTER 6 The mission era in the Yukon 57
11. Section 2: Bureaucrats replace missionaries: Residential schooling in the North after 1950
12. Introduction 73
13. CHAPTER 7 The federal government rethinks its northern policy 75
14. CHAPTER 8 The federal day schools 87
15. CHAPTER 9 The large hostels 101
16. CHAPTER 10 The small hostels 151
17. CHAPTER 11 Territorial administration: 1969 to 1997 163
18. CHAPTER 12 The residential school experience in Arctic Québec and Labrador 179
19. Conclusion 187
20. Notes 189
21. Bibliography 249
22. Index 261