Truth and Indignation by Ronald Niezen PAPERBACK 9781487594381

Truth and IndignationCanada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools, Second Edition\nAuthor(s): Ronald Niezen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487594381, 978-1487594381\nSynopsis\nThe original edition of Truth and Indignation offered the first close and critical assessment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as it was unfolding. Niezen used testimonies, texts, and visual materialsproduced by the Commission as well as interviews with survivors, priests, and nuns to raise important questions about the TRC process. He asked what the TRC meant for reconciliation, transitional justice, and conceptions of traumatic memory. \n\n In this updated edition, Niezen discusses the Final Report and Calls to Action bringing the book up to date and making it a valuable text for teaching about transitional justice, colonialism and redress, public anthropology, and human rights. .