Primary focus is the lack of co-operation the Truth and Reconciliation Commission received when trying to collect statements given during the Independent Assessment Process (IAP) and the records of the Common Experience Payment program, despite the fact that this was part of its mandate as laid out in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA).
Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature & Culture, vol. 10, no. 2, 2016, pp. 189-207
Description
Comments on the theme of boarding-schools, and the films The Only Good Indian directed by Kevin Wilmott, and The Education of Little Tree directed by Friedenberg and Older Than America directed by Lightning.
Video (30 min) explores the First Nations prophecy of spiritual rebirth for all North Americans. Includes historical background and interviews with residential school survivors.