Discusses whether it is reasonable to label the events of the Indian Residential Schools era as genocide.
Bachelor thesis towards an undergraduate degree in Human Rights--Malmö University, 2015.
Expands on a previously published research brief.
Outlines three areas in which the interests and goals of government and Aboriginals may differ: scope of injustices, government's attempt to draw a line through the past and legitimate current policies, and government's use of the process as an attempt to assert authority.
E Law: Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, vol. 16, no. 2, 2009, pp. 38-71
Description
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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 4, Winter, 2015, pp. 37-65
Description
Focuses on women who left the institution, became professional writers, and used their literacy skills to subvert the assimilationist goals of the boarding school system.
Anglican Journal, vol. 135, no. 2, February 2009, p. 1,3
Description
Overview of a creative discussion guide, prepared by writers from Anglican, United and Presbyterian churches, that can be used to explore the issue of forced assimilation of First Nations through residential schools.
Rural Social Work & Community Practice, vol. 14, no. 2, December 2009, pp. 6-11
Description
Author equates the loss of language through assimilation with loss of a "moral compass" because it disrupts the ability to transmit teachings to children.
Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Georges Henry Erasmus
Description
Introduces the subject of the book.
Foreword from Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada edited by Laurence J. Kirmayer, Gail Guthrie Valaskakis.
To locate article, scroll to page xi.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 2, Summer, 2015, pp. 62-79
Description
Discusses how Erdrich's approach to boarding schools is one of safe haven not the historical negative effects on Native communities. Suggests instructors supplement teaching so students get a complete picture of boarding school experiences.
Reconciliation through Indigenous Education: Unit 2 Introduction
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
Description
Introduces the topic of the history of residential schools in Canada and provides strategies and resources for teaching this topic. Unit 2 of 6.
Duration: 24:40.
Children's Geographies, vol. 7, no. 2, May 2009, pp. 123-140
Description
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.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jack Anawak
Description
Describes life as a student at a residential school starting in 1959 and a reunion of students twenty-five years later.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation: Learning Resources for Senior Secondary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Nations Schools Association
Description
Three components: setting the stage for inquiry, relationship of 150 years, and research projects.
Unit developed in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's call for development of age-appropriate educational materials.
Access Book Two.
Four components: purpose of schools, assaults and their legacy, resistance and change, and action of reconciliation.
Unit developed in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's call for development of age-appropriate educational materials.
Profiles past boarding school policies world-wide, discusses children's experiences, evaluates schools' success, and discusses current practises and ideologies.
Paedagogica Historica, vol. 45, no. 6, December 2009, pp. 757-772
Description
Discusses some contrasting educational policies and contexts across the Canada–USA border and shows some strategies Coast Salish people have used for resisting assimilation and returning to their own understandings of place and identity.
Department Discussion Paper (Dept. of Economics, University of Victoria) ; DDP1501
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Donna Feir
Description
Uses confidential data from 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey of Children and Youth to look at intergenerational effects of residential schooling. Found children of mothers who had attended the schools scored higher in health, but lower in educational outcomes.
Topics include: Justification and Rationalization, Day Schools vs. Boarding Schools, Carlisle Indian School and Richard Henry Pratt,The System Begins to Fail.
Looks at limited access to incriminating archival documents about genocidal tactics used against Aboriginal people and promotes importance of archival preservation of all materials retrieved through IAP (Independent Assessment Process) proceedings.
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.
Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education: Unit 1 Introduction
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
Description
Looks at the concepts, principles and complexities of reconciliation. Unit 1 of 6 in the Massive Open Online Course Reconciliation through Indigenous Education.
Duration: 14:54.