Looks at the colonization and assimilation of Aboriginal peoples in the education system; and discusses the problems, prospects, and future direction of Aboriginal learning in Canada.
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.
Brief article discusses the impact of residential schools in the context of building rapport with Aboriginal clients.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 19.
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.
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.
Social Semiotics, vol. 15, no. 1, Charged Crossings: Cultural Studies of Law, April 2005, pp. 59-80
Description
Discusses how past colonial laws have harmed Aboriginal peoples and offers alternative forms of justice to redress the effects of those policies and practices.
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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.
Annual National Association of Native American Studies Conference; 2005
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alberta Yeboah
Description
Brief discussion of traditional practices, era of government-imposed assimilation through residential schools, and current situation with respect to tribal control of education.
Teacher's resource for the documentary The Experimental Eskimos directed by Barry Greenwald. Tells the stories of Peter Ittinuar, Zebedee Nungak, and Eric Tagoona, three Inuit men who were sent to Ottawa as 12-year-olds for a "white" education. The men eventually became leaders in the Inuit community and helped to advance the interests of their people.
Conference to establish parameters and framework for research and knowledge mobilization of an Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre, one of five being established by the Canadian Council on Learning. Includes State of Aboriginal Learning: Background Paper for the "National Dialogue on Aboriginal Learning by Marie Battiste (2005).
Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
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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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, 2005, pp. 75-94
Description
Examines the boarding school experiences of generations of Native Americans, where youth were thrust into an institutional culture that contrasted drastically from their home environment.
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.
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 1, Spring, 2005
Description
Looks at the ways Native-American teachers influenced the experiences of children in boarding schools by helping students value both white education and their Native-American heritage.
Profiles past boarding school policies world-wide, discusses children's experiences, evaluates schools' success, and discusses current practises and ideologies.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and Education, 2005, pp. 35-41
Description
Reports pastoralists view education as a social disruption, interfering with livelihood, culture, land and natural resources.
To access this article, scroll to page 35.
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.