Emotions, remembering and feeling better : dealing with the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement in Canada

As the largest class action suit in Canadian history, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (2007-2015) had a great impact on the lives of Aboriginal survivors across Canada. In a rare account exploring survivor perspectives, Anne-Marie Reynaud considers the settlement's reconciliatory aspiration in conjunction with the local reality for the Mitchikanibikok Inik First Nations in Quebec. Drawing from anthropological fieldwork, this carefully crafted book weaves survivor experiences of the financial compensations and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission together with current theorizing on emotions, memory, trauma and transitional justice. Contents Preface Note on Transcription Note on Terminology Introduction: Settlement and Reconciliation Chapter 1. Approaching Emotions and Reconciliation: Theoretical Perspectives Chapter 2. Mitchikanibikok Inik: The People of the Stone Weir Chapter 3. On being the right way in the Field Chapter 4. Agency and Distrust: How the Past Shapes the Present Chapter 5. Indian Residential School, Education and the Socialisation of Emotions Chapter 6. Remembering Residential School: Survivor Perspectives Chapter 7. “Shut-up Money”: The IRSSA and Financial Compensations Chapter 8. At the TRC: Dealing with Difficult Emotions Chapter 9. “Outsiders”, Reconciliation and Keeping Busy in the Bush Epilogue Appendix Bibliography "As the largest class action suit in Canadian history, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (2007-2015) had a great impact on the lives of Aboriginal survivors across Canada. In a rare account exploring survivor perspectives, Anne-Marie Reynaud considers the settlement's reconciliatory aspiration in conjunction with the local reality for the Mitchikanibikok Inik First Nations in Quebec. Drawing from anthropological fieldwork, this carefully crafted book weaves survivor experiences of the financial compensations and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission together with current theorizing on emotions, memory, trauma and transitional justice."--Page 4 de la couverture La 4e de couv. indique : "As the largest class action suit in Canadian history, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (2007-2015) had a great impact on the lives of Aboriginal survivors across Canada. In a rare account exploring survivor perspectives, Anne-Marie Reynaud considers the settlement's reconciliatory aspiration in conjunction with the local reality for the Mitchikanibikok Inik First Nations in Quebec. Drawing from anthropological fieldwork, this carefully crafted book weaves survivor experiences of the financial compensations and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission together with current theorizing on emotions, memory, trauma and transitional justice."