699 Day Schools
A map of Federal Indian Day Schools in Canada with a corresponding RG-10 file for each location.
A map of Federal Indian Day Schools in Canada with a corresponding RG-10 file for each location.
Compilation of primary documents.
Using selected correspondence to explore the experiences of Indigenous students at Forest Grove Indian School in Oregon. The primary sources discussed are provided at the end of the article.
Primarily newspaper articles.
Lists all 73 volumes edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites, with subject descriptions and links to full text in the Internet Archive.
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of historical documents, correspondence/letters, reports, legal papers, maps, field notes, transcripts, submissions and the Final Report in French and English. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Digitized versions of originals (1879-1949) mainly relating to day-to-day running of individual schools across Canada such as building maintenance, general administration, teachers' salaries and residences, and supplies. In some cases admissions and discharges (residential schools), death of pupils (residential schools), applications to teach, inspectors' reports, drugs and medical supplies for treatment of students, and vocational training supplies are also mentioned. Some headquarters files are included. Also included is link to indexes to the Indian Affairs School Files.
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of historical documents, maps, legal documents, correspondence/letters, Field notes, excerpts, submissions, transcrips and the Inquiry Report in French and English. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
"The evidence provided to this commission provides an interesting record of thoughts by the government and (mostly non-Indigenous, male) experts about food, Indigenous people and the Canadian North-West ten years after the near-extinction of the buffalo."
Compilation of primary sources which represent the settler's perspectives on the schools.
Historical note:
The Wanuskewin Heritage Park is located northeast of the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It opened in June 1992, after three years of planning for a park that would not only preserve centuries of cultural heritage, but also help build a bridge between First Nations and non-First Nations people of the province.