Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State

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	Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Figures
	Figure 1: Domination and Dehumanization of Original Nations
	Figure 2: Churchill’s Illustration of Genocide,
	Figure 3: Genocide and the Child Welfare System
Acknowledgments
Foreword: Reconceptualizing Indigenous Peoples' Genocide by Canada by Ward Churchill
Introduction: The Colonizer’s Way of Genocide: Confronting the Wall of Evasion and Denial
	Rubrics of Denial
	Beyond the Wall
	A Few Comments on Style and Terminology
	Finally, Some Anticipated Criticisms
1. Naming the Crime: Defining Genocide in International Law
	Origination of the Term
	The Litany of Definitional Distortions
	Elements of the Crime
	Actus Reus
	Mens Rea
	The Travaux and the Anti-Colonial Factor
2. The Horror: Canada's Forced Transfer of Indigenous Children
	The Goal of Complete Assimilation
	Forcible Transfer and Resistance
	Destruction of the National Pattern
	Imposition of the National Pattern
	Immediate and Long-Term Effects
	Forcible Removals in the Child Welfare Systems
PHOTOS
3. Coming to Grips with Canada as a Colonizing State: The Creator Knows Their Lies and So Must We
	The Colonial Framework
	Cognitive Conditioning
	Colonialism and Genocide
	Doctrines of Racial Superiority
	Forced Transfer Affects Our Nationhood
	Model of Dehumanization and Domination
	Demonization, Isolation, and Destruction
4. Smoke and Mirrors: Canada’s Pretense of Compliance with the Genocide Convention
	Controversy
	The “Made in Canada” Approach to Genocide
	Reserving the Right to Commit Genocide
	Applying the Law to Canada
Conclusion. The Way Ahead: Self-Determination is the Way You Take it Home
	Self-Determination is the Solution
Afterword. Why the Children? by Sharon H. Venne
Endnotes
Index