Paper Talk: A History of Libraries, Print

The pre-1960 history of print culture and libraries, as they relate to the First Peoples of Canada, has gone largely untold. Paper Talk explores the relationship between the introduction of western print culture to Aboriginal peoples by missionaries, the development of libraries in the Indian schools in the nineteenth century, and the establishment of community-accessible collections in the twentieth century.

Acknowledgments

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Introduction

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1 Contexts and Foundations

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Placing this history: literacy, books, libraries, and First Peoples

2 The Nineteenth Century

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"Read, write, and worship God daily" The Missionary's tools: the written word, books, and education

3 First Quarter of the Twentieth Century

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Books in the schools and Aboriginal literary initiatives

4 1930 through 1960

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Community development, philanthropy, and educational neglect: Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal literary perspectives

Conclusion Knowledge keepers: libraries and the printed word

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Appendix 1 Approved Supplementary Reading Books for Indian Schools, 1931-1938

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Appendix 2 Day School Libraries, 1943

181

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Bibliography

189

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Index

209

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About the Author

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Paper Talk: A History of Libraries, Print Culture, and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada before 1960

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