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Author/Creator
Thomas L. McMahon
Description
"This paper tells the history of many factors and events that finally resulted in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement".
Archival Photographs in Perspective: Indian Residential School Images of Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krista McCracken
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [163]-182
Description
"This article addresses the challenges associated with present-day usage of residential school photographs, the ways in which these photographs can contribute to ongoing discussions about healing and reconciliation, and the use of archival photographs within the residential school survivor community".
Benevolent Benedictines?: Vulnerable Missions and Aboriginal Policy in the Time of A.O. Neville
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elicia Taylor
Aboriginal History, vol. 42, December 2018, pp. 97-124
Description
Author examines the complicated relationship between the New Norcia Mission led by Abbot Anselm Catalan, and its contemporary Aborigines Department headed by Chief Protector of Aborigines, A.O. Neville.
Blame Avoidance and Worldviews: Explaining the Recurrence of Socio-cultural Disasters within Aboriginal Communities in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicolas Parent
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 117-135
Description
Argues that the Government of Canada has not learned from previous mistakes and its failure to change its behaviour has led to the ongoing trauma inflicted by residential schools and the high number of missing and murdered women.
Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Manuscripts
Documents & Presentations
Description
Bibliography of programs, letters, government reports, student memory books, and other resources in the manuscript collection.
Child Slavery in Canada’s Residential-School Prisons
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Sanders
Press for Conversion!, vol. 69, Fictive Canada: Indigenous Slaves and Captivating Narratives of a Mythic Nation, Fall, 2017, pp. 44-51
Description
History of the end of one form of colonialism in slavery and the rise of another through residential schools in Canada.
[Closing the Gap: The Hon[ourable] Kevin Rudd]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kevin Rudd
Description
Comments on what the National Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples meant and what remains to be done as a country.
Duration: 33:18.
Cultural Genocide in Canada? It Did Happen Here
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruth Amir
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 2018, pp. 103-126
Description
Discusses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's position on residential schools, UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide and the Canadian government's position.
Dance With Us As You Can ... : Art, Artist, and Witness(ing) in Canada's Truth nd Reconciliation Journey
Theses
Author/Creator
Jonathan Robert Dewar
Description
Indigenous and Canadian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2017.
Decolonizing the Classroom Curriculum: Indigenous Knowledges, Colonizing Logics, and Ethical Spaces
Theses
Author/Creator
Annette Furo
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2018.
"Diversity is our Strength"? Memory, Trauma and Social Critique in Contemporary Canadian Literature by Indigenous Women
Theses
Author/Creator
Evie Peters
Description
English Literary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Radboud University Nijmegen, 2017.
Education Work: Canadian Schools and the Emergence of Indigenous Social Movements
Theses
Author/Creator
Cameron Riopelle
Description
Sociology Theses (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017.
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Presence in the Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Godlewska
John Rose
Laura Schaefli
Sheila Freake
Jennifer Massey
Race, Ethnicity and Education, vol. 20, no. 4, 2017, pp. 446-462
Description
"Article provides guidance to curriculum designers, textbook writers, teachers and administrators participating in the decolonization of education in Canada".
From Treaties to Reserves: The Federal Government and Native Peoples in Territorial Alberta, 1870-1905; From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for All Canadians
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean Barman
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 3, June-July 2017, pp. 119-120
Description
Book reviews of From Treaties to Reserves by D. J. Hall and From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates.
Historians and Indigenous Genocide in Saskatchewan
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Robert Alexander Innes
Description
Following the final report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls the author examines historians approach to identifying genocide against Indigenous people.
"I'm not really healed- I'm just bandaged up": Perceptions of Healing Among Former Students of Indian Residential Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tracey Carr
Brian Chartier
Tina Dadgostari
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 39-56
Description
Interviews focus on the participants' conceptions and experiences of healing regarding their residential school experiences.
Indiana School Days: Native American Education at St. Joseph's Indian Normal School and White's Manual Labor Institute
Theses
Author/Creator
Alysha Danielle Zemanek
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2017.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Truth and Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Truth and Reconciliation: Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Indigenous Peoples of Manitoba: A Guide for Newcomers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anika Reynar
Zoe Matties
Description
Introduction to different cultural groups, their history, relationship with the Federal government and current situations.
Lessons Learned Study of the Common Experience Payment Process: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Evaluation
Performance Measurement
and Review Branch
Audit and Evaluation Sector
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
Description
Study determined the successes or failures of the design and implementation of the response to the Settlement Agreement.
Narrative Robustness, Post-Apology Conduct, and Canada's 1998 and 2008 Residential Schools Apologies
Alternate Title
Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Matt James
Description
Looks at why the more extensive apology was not followed by actions that would indicate substantive engagement with Aboriginal issues.
Chapter 45 from The Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945 edited by Berber Bevernage and Nico Wouters.
Native American Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts: A Document Based Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
TeachRock
Description
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
'The Only Good Thing That Happened at School': Colonising Narratives of Sport in the Indian School Bulletin
Alternate Title
'The Only Good Thing That Happened at School': Colonizing Narratives of Sport in the Indian School Bulletin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Forsyth
Michael Heine
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [205]-225
Description
Challenges the selective representations of sports and recreation in residential schools.
Open History Seminar: Canadian History
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thomas Peace
Sean Kheraj
Description
Collection of primary and secondary sources suitable for use at secondary and post-secondary levels. Can be used to supplement Canadian History: Pre-Confederation and Canadian History: Post-Confederation.
Plain Talk 6: Residential Schools
Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Describes the history of Canada's residential schools which were financed by the federal government, but largely run by various religious organizations.
Problem Solver or "Evil Genius": Thomas Jesse Jones and The Problem of Indian Administration
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Khalil Anthony Johnson Jr.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 37-69
Description
Discusses the role played by American Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones, Educational Director at the Phelps-Stokes Fund, 1917-1944, and lobbyist in the formation and implementation of the administrative and education policies of the United States’ government as they related to Indigenous peoples.
Public Servant Schools in Canada: A Concept for Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Weiler
The Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, vol. 29, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Discusses call to action 57 from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission regarding the provision of education to public servants on the history of Aboriginal peoples and residential schools.
Reimagining History: "Righting" Treaty Wrongs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leia Laing
Fortier-Fréçon
Description
Based on the article Living Well Together by Aimée Craft and the special issue of Canada's History magazine Treaties and the Treaty Relationship Suitable for Grades 7 to 12.
Reproductive Narratives: Settler-Colonialism and Neoliberalism in Alberta's Child Welfare System
Theses
Author/Creator
Miranda Sophia Leibel
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017
Residential Schools and Reconciliation: Canada Confronts Its History
E-Books
Author/Creator
J.R. Miller
"A Rink at This School is Almost as Essential as a Classroom": Hockey and Discipline at Pelican Lake Indian Residential School, 1945-1951
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Braden Te Hiwi
Janice Forsyth
Canadian Journal of History, vol. 52, no. 1, Spring-Summer, 2017, pp. 80-108
Description
"This article examines the disciplinary effects of hockey at Pelican Lake Indian Residential School from 1945 to 1951".
The Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Canada: Historical Relationships, Settler Colonialism, and Stories of a Shared Space
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher James Wright
Description
History Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--King's College London, 2017.
Settler Biopower: Accumulation and Dispossession in Canada's Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lara Fullenwieder
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Explains why settler colonialism is a structure not an event.
"There Are No Shortcuts": The Long Road to Treaty 7 Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Tarisa Dawn Little
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.
"Two-Eyed Seeing": Moving From Paralysis to Action in Understanding the Legacy of Indian Residential Schools in British Columbia, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Kay
Journal of Dance Education, vol. 17, no. 3, Reflective Practice in Dance Education, 2017, pp. 106-114
Description
Describes the steps the author used to understand the legacy of the residential school experience and how to teach a new curriculum.
Unsettling Expo 67: Developmentalism & Colonial Humanism at
Montreal’s World Exhibition
Theses
Author/Creator
Romney Copeman
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Montreal, 2017.
Unspoken: America's Native American Boarding Schools
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Howe
Davina Spotted Elk
Jeff Elstad
KUED (PBS Utah)
Description
Documentary focuses on the history of the schools, former students' stories, and contemporary issues.
Duration: 56:43.
Violence, Compensation, and Settler Colonialism: Adjudicating Claims of Indian Residential School Abuse through the Independent Assessment Process
Theses
Author/Creator
Konstantin Petoukhov
Description
Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2018.
We Are Not Going Anywhere
Alternate Title
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, Lecture 5
[2018 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Tanya Talaga
Description
Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the fifth of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Thunder Bay.
In this lecture Talaga links the similarities between contemporary nations with a history of colonization and describes some of the effects for Indigenous peoples and communities, and advocates for Indigenous sovereignty and self-governance.
Duration: 53:59
"We Must Teach the Indian What Law Is": The Laws of Indian Residential Schools in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thomas L. McMahon
Description
Chronology of the laws that created and enforced Indian Residential Schools.
Whose Land is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Glen Coulthard
Russell Diabo
Melina Laboucan-Massimo
Arthur Manuel ...
Melina Laboucan-Massimo
Kanahus Manuel
Beverly Jacobs
Glen Coulthard ...
Murray Sinclair
Pamela Palmater
Description
Contributors discuss the machinery of colonization and resistance movements, and comment on the possibility of reconciliation.