T.B.R. Westgate: Organizing Indigenous Erasure for the Anglican Church, 1920–1943

• Published in: Toronto journal of theology Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 54 - 74
• Main Author: Hayes, Alan L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Toronto Press 01.08.2020; Toronto School of Theology
• Subjects: Anglican churches; Assimilation; Boarding schools; Bureaucracy; Clergy; Colonialism; History; Indigenous peoples; Native peoples; Schools; Theology; Canada

[Figure: see text] T.B.R. Westgate, a Canadian Anglican priest who administered his church’s national system of Indian residential schools from 1921 to 1943, developed a sophisticated and effective bureaucracy to operate them efficiently, economically, and in compliance with government standards. He...