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.
BRNO Studies in English, no. 33, 2007, pp. 143-156
Description
Examines two life writing narratives by Indigenous women writers from Australia and Canada to demonstrate the ways in which they present alternative (hi)stories of removed Indigenous children.
Discusses the parallels between the experiences of children in residential schools with child protection practices which targeted Roma in Europe to build a case for compensation for the Romani families.
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.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, 2007, pp. 75-83
Description
Discusses similarities of two residential structures, government schools and foster homes, that have housed Aboriginal children when they were removed from their people. The paper is an attempt to influence child welfare practice in ways that would respect the integrity of family and Aboriginal communities.
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.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2007, pp. 465-490
Description
Article discusses the Carnegie English literacy program, the figures involved, its assimilative goals, and the way that the project interacted with the socio-political climate of the time.
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.
Kekina’muek: Learning about the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq]
Description
An overview of the traditional forms and philosophies of education in Native communities in Nova Scotia, and the changes that have occurred since pre-contact and colonization to the present. Chapter Four of Kekina’muek: Learning about the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia
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.
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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 39-62
Description
Examination of the social experiences and challenges faced by Native American children who had attended large public schools in the United States between 1945-75.
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 Tribes and Statehood: A Symposium in Recognition of Oklahoma's Centennial
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann Murray Haag
Tulsa Law Review, vol. 43, no. 1, Fall, 2007, pp. 149-168
Description
Discusses: history of the schools, consequences of removal for individuals and their families, impact of child placement services and welfare programs, and potential remedies.
Argues that the state-sponsored alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process reflects a misuse of ADR because it represents the government’s attempt to pacify
residential school survivors through social control.
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.
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 51, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 339-359
Description
Looks at residential schools and the people involved, as part of the policies of assimilation, enculturation or annihilation of Aboriginals. The author categorizes schools as 'intimate sites nested within Canadian colonial and nation-building agendas'.
Topics include: Justification and Rationalization, Day Schools vs. Boarding Schools, Carlisle Indian School and Richard Henry Pratt,The System Begins to Fail.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 90, no. 3, September 2009, pp. 427-461
Description
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.
Speech marking the one-year anniversary of Canada’s apology to the survivors of the Indian Residential Schools System comments on lack of progress in Federal government funding for Métis programs.
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