IPA Backgrounder, vol. 10, no. 1, February 1998, pp. 1-24
Description
Disputes issues discussed in the 1997 national inquiry report, Bringing Them Home, such as specific cases, comparison of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal child removal and the claim of genocide.
E Law: Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, vol. 16, no. 2, 2009, pp. 38-71
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Discusses the historic compensation package agreed to by the Canadian federal government and the lack of any similar actions by the governments of the other two countries.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 215-229
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Book review of: The Circle Game: Shadows and Substance in the Indian Residential School Experience in Canada by Roland Chrisjohn, Sherri Young, Michael Maraun.
Book review found by scrolling to page 226.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, 1998, pp. 171-192
Description
Looks at the education system, at the turn of the century, through the eyes of Charlie Twist from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, who enrolled in the Rapid City Indian School in 1909.
Children's Geographies, vol. 7, no. 2, May 2009, pp. 123-140
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Focuses on the centrality of Indigenous children and related concepts of childhood to colonial projects in Canada and, more specifically, in the province of British Columbia.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 90, no. 3, September 2009, pp. 427-461
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Looks at the governments attempt to create a one-size-fits-all category of societal Canadian citizenship, and reveals the extent to which First Nations peoples and immigrants were expected to conform to Canadian values and standards.
Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 81-97
Description
Looks at how Aboriginal groups experienced assimilation in different ways and discusses the separation between cultural and physical forms of destruction.
Examines the political, social, and economic influences on First Nation and Métis youth’s attitudes toward higher levels of education and career planning; and looks at some of the institutional and policy structures that support or hinder the ability of First Nation and Métis youth to finding pathways that will lead to sustained employment.
Researcher relates oral histories about members of the Peepeekisis Reserve concerning the experimental agricultural farm that was established to continue the work of the residential schools and to keep students from returning to their "uncivilized" ways.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, Autumn, 1998, pp. 415-431
Description
Study defines the cultural values and symbols of the Snoqualmie people and then uses the maintenance of these cultural pieces to evaluate the resistance of the Snoqualmie to assimilation.