Issued also in French under title: Les survivants s'expriment, un rapport de la Commission de verite et reconciliation du Canada.

Preface -- Introduction -- Life before residential school -- Forced departure -- A place of refuge -- The journey -- Arrival -- Language and culture -- Bedwetting -- Daily life -- Strange food -- School meals -- Chores -- Religious training -- Separating siblings -- Gender relations -- Contact with parents -- Fear, loneliness, and emotional neglect -- Despair -- Hiding the truth -- Classroom experience -- Regimentation -- Integration into public schools -- Truancy -- Discipline -- Abuse -- Student victimization of students -- Medical attention -- Disability -- Warm memories -- Sports and recreation -- Cadets -- Improvements -- The end -- Bibliography -- Endnotes.