Was the residential school era a misguided feature of Canada's generous humanitarian inclinations toward Aboriginal peoples? Were the notorious brutal acts of the operators of these schools the sporadic and isolated deeds of a few malign individuals? The authors of The Circle Game shout a resounding "No!" to these and related questions, arguing that existing accounts in various Canadian and Aboriginal media systematically obscure and misinform about the facts and their interpretation.

Roland D. Chrisjohn, PhD is Onyota’a:ka of the Haudenausaunee. He received his doctorate in psychology (personality, individual differences and measurement) from the University of Western Ontario in 1981. He worked in direct crisis intervention services (suicidology) to Native people for 6 years during the 1980s. Currently he is an associate professor in Native Studies and lives in Lower Jemseg, New Brunswick. This is his second book for Theytus.

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Michael Maraun is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University.

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