The Choctaw Freedmen and the Story of the Oak Hill Industrial Academy ...
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Robert Elliott Flickinger
Overview of the history of First Nations people, with special attention given to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Topics covered include: education, legal status and the Indian Affairs Department. Excerpt from: Canada and Its Provinces, Vol. V, edited by Adam Shortt and Arthur Doughty.
Report discusses the profoundly negative impacts experienced by students, and makes recommendations to redress the abuse and injustice.
Related Material: Longer Version.
Justice Donald Brenner (BCSC) found the United Church of Canada legally responsible for the abuse suffered by the students at the Port Alberni Indian Residential School.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.1.