Greenland's stolen indigenous children: a personal testimony
"In this book, author Helene Thiesen recounts her experience of being forcibly removed from her family in Greenland as a young Inuk child, to be 're-educated' in Denmark and an orphanage in Greenland. The practice of forcible assimilation of indigenous children into colonial societies...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Routledge
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge studies in indigenous peoples and policy
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Inuit (Greenland) (Nuuk) Biography
B Foster children (Denmark) Biography B Nuuk (Greenland) Biography B Nuuk (Greenland) Social life and customs 20th century B Foster children (Greenland) Biography B Girls (Greenland) Biography B Orphanages (Greenland) History 20th century B Greenlanders Cultural assimilation (Denmark) B Thiesen, Helene Childhood and youth |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Thiesen, Helene: Greenland's stolen indigenous children. - New York : Routledge, 2023. - 9781003241843 |
| Summary: | "In this book, author Helene Thiesen recounts her experience of being forcibly removed from her family in Greenland as a young Inuk child, to be 're-educated' in Denmark and an orphanage in Greenland. The practice of forcible assimilation of indigenous children into colonial societies through 'education' has echoes in North America and Australasia, and the painful legacy of these practices remains under-acknowledged. In this poignant book, Helene recounts in detail the process of being taken from her family in 1951, aged seven, along with 21 other children, in the attempt to re-make them into 'model Danish citizens', in a social 'experiment' led by the Danish government and Save the Children Denmark. When the children returned to Greenland a year and a half later, they were sent to live in a Danish Red Cross orphanage, where they were forbidden to speak their native languages, and were compelled to adopt Danish language, culture and customs. With a detailed introductory analysis from Dr Stephen James Minton, who also provides the translation, Helene's account serves as a compelling and powerful testimony of a devastating colonial experiment. Richly illustrated with 40 photos to help to situate the reader, this book provides an invaluable case study for researchers and students in the fields of Indigenous Studies, Critical Pedagogy and Education, Psychology, European History and Cultural Studies"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1032149353 |