1Programs for Aboriginal Offenders: Lessons from the Educational Experience
For almost a century, Canadian aboriginal children were taken to residential schools as part of a social program of assimilation. Canada – and in particular its justice system- is witnessing the implications of generations of politically created orphans. In an attempt to reclaim identity and culture...
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2004
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.516.9996 http://www.isrcl.org/Papers/2004/WhitleyC.pdf |
| Summary: | For almost a century, Canadian aboriginal children were taken to residential schools as part of a social program of assimilation. Canada – and in particular its justice system- is witnessing the implications of generations of politically created orphans. In an attempt to reclaim identity and culture, First Nations people are turning to traditional practices to rebuild community. Their |
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