{"product_id":"the-sleeping-giant-awakens-david-b-macdonald-9781487522698","title":"The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Genocide, Indian Residential Schools, and the Challenge of Conciliation","description":"\u003cp\u003eConfronting the truths of Canada's Indian residential school system has been likened to waking a sleeping giant. In \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeping Giant Awakens\u003c\/i\u003e, David B. MacDonald uses genocide as an analytical tool to better understand Canada's past and present relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples. Starting with a discussion of how genocide is defined in domestic and international law, the book applies the concept to the forced transfer of Indigenous children to residential schools and the \"Sixties Scoop,\" in which Indigenous children were taken from their communities and placed in foster homes or adopted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on archival research, extensive interviews with residential school Survivors, and officials at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, among others, \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeping Giant Awakens\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique and timely perspective on the prospects for conciliation after genocide, exploring the difficulties in moving forward in a context where many settlers know little of the residential schools and ongoing legacies of colonization and need to have a better conception of Indigenous rights. It provides a detailed analysis of how the TRC approached genocide in its deliberations and in its Final Report.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrucially, MacDonald engages critics who argue that the term genocide impedes understanding of the IRS system and imperils prospects for conciliation. By contrast, this book sees genocide recognition as an important basis for meaningful discussions of how to engage Indigenous-settler relations in respectful and proactive ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David B. MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 148752269X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487522698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.98w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019","brand":"David B. MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44756724875519,"sku":"9781487522698","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57dc99ee-f5fa-4fec-a6b8-50abe3d8249a.jpg?v=1706593696","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sleeping-giant-awakens-david-b-macdonald-9781487522698","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}