Coming Home Through Grandmother Rosa's Story: Basil Johnston's Crazy Dave
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Murphy
Canadian Literature, no. 215, Winter, 2012, pp. 54-68, 203
Description
Comments on the author and his brothers' experiences with residential schools, both while attending and while trying to integrate back into the community.
Coming Home Through Stories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Neal McLeod
International Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 18, Fall, 1998, pp. 51-66
Description
Discusses how the Canadian Cree have been forced into spatial and ideological exile, and how oral traditions can renew collective memory.
To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Commentary: Joseph Bruchac
Alternate Title
Teaching Multicultural Literature: A Workshop for the Middle Grades
Workshop 3: Research and Discovery
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shirley Sterling
Laura Tohe
Joseph Bruchac
Description
Brief interview with well-known writer discusses the residential boarding school program in the United States, in particular the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
Commission is Best Forum for Finding Truth About Schools
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leanne Larmondin
Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 3, March 2008, p. 4
Description
Looks at how Anglican church representatives were met by a group of angry protesters against the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Commission Meets, Charts Path: Group Will Bring Native Concerns to General Synod
Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 130, no. 2, February 2004, p. 3
Description
Indigenous Covenant Implementation Commission explores issues of indigenous self-sufficiency, governance and the position of a national Indigenous bishop.
Commission Process Opportunity to Move Ahead
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, May 30, 2008, p. A9
Description
Canada's Truth and Reconcilation Commission will focus on the suffering by First Nations and Metis children while at residential schools.
The Commission, the Community, and the Cree Woman in the Attic: Georgina Lightning's Older Than America in Canada's Culture of Redress
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. L. Killebrew
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 136-169
Description
Film criticism which discusses Lightning’s movie as an act of resistance to colonial backlash to reconciliation, and to settler narratives regarding Indian Residential Schools.
Commission Will Probe School Deaths
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marites N. Sison
Anglican Journal, vol. 133, no. 6, June/July 2007, p. 15
Description
Discusses the mandate of a yet-to-be formed Truth and Reconciliation Commission regarding deaths and disappearances of former students in residential schools.
Communities, Residential School Settlement Recipients Consider Financial Planning to Protect Their Payouts
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Annette Ermine
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 8, August 2007, p. 16
Description
Looks at the ways various communities are helping band members prepare for their residential school settlement payments.
Article located by scrolling to page 16.
Community Archival Practice: Indigenous Grassroots Collaboration at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krista McCracken
American Archivist, vol. 78, no. 1, 2015, pp. 181-191
Description
Case study emphasizes the importance of archival practices which follow cultural and ethical best practices and involve the community in order to correct past biases and ensure that Indigenous voices are present in the historical record.
Community Background Reports: Three Boarding Schools
Alternate Title
Community Background Reports: Chemawa Indian School, Oregon
Community Background Reports: Phoenix Indian School
Community Background Reports: Theodore Roosevelt School, Fort Apache, Arizona
National Study of American Indian Education ; series, 1, no. 15, Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ralph E. Wesemann
John H. Chilcott
[Estelle Fuchs
John Connelly
Ray Barnhardt]
Description
Report published in 1970 looks at the history, physical plant and operations of three Bureau of Indian Affairs schools: Phoenix Indian School, Chemawa Indian School, and the Theodore Roosevelt School.
A Community-Based Treatment for Native American Historical Trauma: Prospects for Evidence-Based Practice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 77, no. 4, 2009, p. 751–762
Description
Examines the meaning of healing among the staff and clients of a Native American community-based counseling program regarding the therapeutic approach used to address the harmful psychosocial legacy of the Aboriginal residential schools.
Community Guide to Evaluating Aboriginal Healing Foundation Activity
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kishk Anaquot Health Research
Description
Foundation hopes that process will strengthen the ability to secure funding for activities when the Foundation no longer exists.
A Comparative Study of Native Residential Schools and the Residential Schools for the Deaf in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Margaret Fern Elgar
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1997.
Comparison Analysis of "Custer Died for Your Sins" and "Killing the White Man's Indian"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dee Ansbergs
Description
Compares two books, written more than twenty years apart, for their strengths, weaknesses, biases, and value to Native American Studies.
Comparison of Parenting Practices, Acculturation, and the Acceptability of Behavioral Parent Training Programs Between a Native American and a Non-Native American Sample
Theses
Author/Creator
Joshua J. Masse
Description
Psychology Thesis (M.Sc.)--West Virginia University, 2006.
A Compendium of Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research
E-Books
Author/Creator
The Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Description
Abstracts of works in the Research Series.
Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada by John H. Hylton.
Mental Health Profiles for a Sample of British Columbia's Aboriginal Survivors of the Canadian Residential School System by Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M.
Compensating Residential School Survivors & Nosological Category of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Critical Perspectives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cécile Capela-Laborde
Description
Looks at the pros and cons of using the nosological category and the Independent Assessment Process to claim compensation for abuses and wrong doings for victims suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Compensation Should Close Book on Abuses Issue
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, November 25, 2005, p. A15
Description
Discussion of residential school abuse and the 3,700 lawsuit claims from Saskatchewan.
A Complex Ecological Framework of Aboriginal Family Resilience
Alternate Title
[First Nations, First Thoughts Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Description
Discusses the need to develop strategies for assisting communities move forward by understanding both the traditional and contemporary family dynamic.
Composition and Aleche: Native American Education, Scholarship and the Pedegogy of John Dewey
Theses
Author/Creator
Nathan Joseph Jenkins
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--Montana State University, 2005
The Comprehensive View of Indian Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerda Kaegi
Description
Focuses on residential schools and assimilationist policies.
Compulsive Measures: Resisting Residential Schools at One Arrow Reserve, 1889-1896
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Trevor John Williams
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 197-222
Description
Details the various tactics used by Indian Agent R.S. Mackenzie: coerced baptisms, arrests, police manhunts, and withholding rations.
A Condensed Timeline of Events
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Description
Traces residential school events from the first missionary-operated school in 1620 to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2008.
Conducting Research on Residential Schools: A Guide to the Records of the Indian and Inuit Affairs Program and Related Resources at Library and Archives Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Library and Archives Canada
Description
Topics include: tracing changes in administration of a Band, First Nation, or residential school; filing systems, school file series; finding records; using archives search; consulting records; and accessing records from a remote location.
Conflict, Tension, Strength: The History of St. Paul's Mission, St. Labre Indian School, and St. Stephens Indian School, 1884-Present
Theses
Author/Creator
Donna Patricia Peterson
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2015.
Connection to Culture Helped Walker Cope With Residential School Years
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Creeson Agecoutay
Eagle Feather News, vol. 15, no. 7, July 2012, p. 8
Description
Brief profile of a residential school survivor and health support worker whose role was to assist other survivors at the June 2012 Truth and Reconciliation National event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Article located by scrolling to page 8.
Conquest Through Benevolence: The Indian Residential School Apology and the (Re)Making of the Innocent Canadian Settler Subject
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura McKinley
Description
Leadership, Higher and Adult Education Thesis (M.A.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2014.
Conservatives Back Down on Ile-a-la-Crosse Promise
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 11, February 2007, p. 8
Description
Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice announces, "Métis students who attended the [Ile-a-la-Crosse Residential] school" will not be part of the Indian residential school compensation agreement.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Considering the Legal and Human Rights Framework for Addressing Mass Graves Connected to Indian Residential Schools
Alternate Title
International Human Rights and Legal Considerations in Relation to Terminology and the Discovery of Undocumented Burials at the Kamloops Indian Residential School: Discussion on terminology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
Description
Outlines policy and legal issues that governments must address, in consultation and cooperation with Indigenous peoples, in order to develop a suitable framework and discusses international approaches that exist when dealing with similar circumstances.
Appendix discusses terminology.
Consolidated Democracies and the Past: Transitional Justice in Spain and Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Dunbar
Federal Governance, vol. 8, no. 2, Federalism and Conflict Management, 2011, pp. 15-28
Description
Illustrates how two countries deal with historical legacies of violence and repression.
Constitutional Reconciliation of Education for Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Battiste
Directions (Canadian Race Relations Foundation), vol. 5, no. 1, 2008, pp. 81-84
Description
Comments on the shared responsibility of the Aboriginal people and the federal and provincial governments to reconcile constitutional rights to education.
Scroll to page 81 to read article.
Constructing Meaning to the Indian Boarding School Experience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Colmant
Lahoma Schultz
Rockey Robbins
Peter Ciali
Julie Dorton
Yvette Rivera-Colmant
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 43, no. 3, 2004, pp. 22-40
Description
Discusses observations that emerged from interviewing alumni, students and staff from an Oklahoma boarding school.
The Construction of “Trauma” in Canadian Residential School Survivors and Impacts on Healing Interventions and Reconciliation Initiatives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bianca Braganza
Gerald McKinley
Shannon Sibbald
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, 2018, pp. 1-18
Description
Authors examine the current understandings of trauma and the resulting frameworks for treatment and healing; use critical literature review to make recommendations for effective trauma treatments for residential school survivors.
A Contemporary Analysis of Eskimo, Indian and Aleut Secondary Boarding School Programs in Alaska, 1867-1912
Theses
Author/Creator
James P. Moras
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Walden University, 2000.
Context and Background to Settlement Agreement
Alternate Title
Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes, Session 1
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cat Criger
Mayo Moran
Phil Fontaine
Description
Session One from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto. Includes prayer and opening remarks and discussion on settlement negotiations.
Duration: 1:54:14.
Cooperation Not Confrontation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Phil Fontaine
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 28, no. 1, spring, 1998, p. 9, 19
Description
First Nations symbolically accept the government's apology for its involvement in the residential school system.
Coppermine Tent Hostel — Nunavut
Alternate Title
Anglican Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
General Synod Archives
Anglican Church of Canada
Description
Discusses a tent hostel that ran from 1951 to 1959 in western Nunavut. The tents had wood floors and were warmed by oil heaters.
Coqualeetza Institute
Alternate Title
Guide to Residential Schools Records at the Pacific Mountain Regional Council Archives, Part 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pacific Mountain Regional Council of the United Church of Canada
Description
Guide to documents held in the United Church Archive in British Columbia. Arranged alphabetically by the name of the collection or fonds, with the ability to click on title and access detailed description from MemoryBC.
Corporal Punishment and the Politics of Indian Reform
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert A. Trennert
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 4, Winter, 1989, pp. 595-617
Description
Examines a flogging incident which was used to discredit government Indian schools in the 1930's.
Corporeal Punishment: Canadian Legal Culture, The Legacy of Colonialism, and the Bodies of Aboriginal Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allison Smith
Description
Addresses the issue that Aboriginal women in Canada are regularly abused and murdered and little is done at official levels to counter this.
Cost of Litigation Yield 2001 Deficit
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 127, no. 1, January 2001, p. 1
Description
Projected deficit $1 million due to expenses incurred defending residential school lawsuits.
Council Approves Process for New Strategy: Significant Funds' Will be Needed
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jane Davidson
Anglican Journal, vol. 127, no. 1, January 2001, p. 2
Description
Prospect of residential school settlements prompts search for new financial plan.
Council of Yukon First Nations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Council of Yukon First Nations
Description
General information concerning the languages, history, natural history and education in the territory. Includes links to announcements, employment, press releases and the General Assembly 2007.
Counselling with First Nations Women: Considerations of Oppression and Renewal
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Blythe Shepard
Linda O’Neill
Francis Guenette
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, vol. 28, no. 3, September 2006, pp. 227-240
Description
Focuses on women who have suffered from the residential school system and other aspects of colonization.
Counselling Within Inuit Systems in Canada's North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anya Brooker
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Edition: 10th Anniversary of the Reconciliation: Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, 2015, pp. [110]-121
Description
Contends that using a family systems therapy approach would benefit the territory of Nunavut.
Counting Carlisle's Casualties: Defining Student Death at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, 1879-1918
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Vitale
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 4, Fall, 2020, pp. [383]-414
Description
Using official records from the first and largest off-reservation Indian boarding school in his case study, the author challenges the objectivity of morality rates. Factors such as definition of a student or alumni and including ill students that were discharged before their deaths can change the numbers drastically.
Court Rules Churches Still Liable for Abuse
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 131, no. 10, December 2005, p. 11
Description
Supreme Court overturns appeal ruling in residential schools case that held churches were exempt under the doctrine of "charitable immunity."
Creating Textual Communities: Anglican and Methodist Missionaries and Print Culture in British Columbia, 1858-1914
Theses
Author/Creator
Gail Edwards
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2001.