Indian Residential Schools Evidence Extracts
Documents & Presentations
Description
Includes: historical overview, chronology of events, key events in litigation, statement of reconciliation, and apologies from churches.
Discusses how legislation such as the Indian Act, with its arbitrary rules about who is considered to be an "Indian", has impacted relationships and identity in Aboriginal communities. Chapter seven from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Examines the past and present relationship between academics and the Aboriginal community and discusses the issue of repatriation of cultural property and human remains.