Download or read book Resistance and Renewal written by Celia Haig-Brown and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the first books published to deal with the phenomenon of residential schools in Canada, Resistance and Renewal is a disturbing collection of Native perspectives on the Kamloops Indian Residential School(KIRS) in the British Columbia interior. Interviews with thirteen Natives, all former residents of KIRS, form the nucleus of the book, a frank depiction of school life, and a telling account of the system's oppressive environment which sought to stifle Native culture.