A Knock On The Door: The Essential History Of Residential Schools From The ...

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Book Title: Knock on the Door : The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Edited and Abridged

Item Length: 8.5in

Item Height: 0.7in

Item Width: 5.5in

Author: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of CA

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: CA / Post-Confederation (1867-), Human Rights, Indigenous Studies, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Native American

Publisher: University of MB Press

Publication Year: 2015

Genre: History, Social Science, Political Science

Item Weight: 11 Oz

Number of Pages: 296 Pages