Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 11, November 2007, p. 10
Description
Looks at video shown to Saskatoon high school students, at the Honouring Residential School Survivors Symposium, followed by talks with three survivors from the video.
Article located by scrolling to page 10.
Introduction: People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia
People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia
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Author/Creator
Marilyn Callahan
Christopher Walmsley
Description
"This chapter highlights the importance of not discarding our past but, rather, understanding the actions of social work pioneers within the context of their times and gaining appreciation for their accomplishments".
Introduction and Chapter 1 from People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia edited by Leslie T. Foster and Brian Wharf.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, 2007, pp. 113-166
Description
Book reviews of:
Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences edited and with an introduction by Clifford E. Trafzer, Jean A. Keller, and Lorene Sisquoc.
Captive Histories: English, French, and Native Narratives of the 1704 Deerfield Raid by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney.
A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813–1814 by Gregory A. Waselkov.
Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life by Kingsley M. Bray.
Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Native Peoples and Archaeology in the Northeastern United States edited by Jordan E.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 11, November 2007, p. 11
Description
Comments on an emergency measures plan put in place to deal with possible problems due to residential school compensation payments.
Article located by scrolling to page 11.
Traces Pete Standing Alone's last round up of his horses and how his life has changed in the last twenty years. Accompanying material: An Integrated Educator's Guide.
Duration:18:02.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 10, October 2007, p. 17
Description
Comments on a collection of stories gathered, by The Legacy of Hope Foundation, with the goal being to educate the Canadian population as to the experiences people had in residential schools.
Article located by scrolling to page 17.
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. [53]-61
Description
Discusses the impact of residential schools and the forced removal of children for the purposes of foster care or adoption. Argues that current practices and training must take into account the damage inflicted by the drive for assimilation and incorporate the Aboriginal worldview when dealing with clients.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 6, no. 2, 1970, pp. 123-135
Description
Considers some of the physiological, social psychological, and cultural changes in Inuit children as a result of attending the residential school in Inuvik.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Resistance and Resiliency: Addressing Historical Trauma of Aboriginal Peoples, March 2007, pp. 79-95
Description
Looks at the activities undertaken by Thessalon First Nation in the development of a social safety net to deal with the inter-generational effects of the residential school system on the family and community.
Due to a negotiated settlement, the victims of residential schools will soon receive compensation. This article argues that it is now time to look to the future.
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 47, no. 2, May 2007, pp. 173-202
Description
Looks at how Native American education became a model for the educational system in the Philippines based on the belief that the United States could maintain control by altering lifestyles to more closely resemble that of Americans.
Discusses important themes found in the quantitative and qualitative research by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation on community initiatives that address the legacy of residential schools over a 7 year period.
BC Medical Journal, vol. 49, no. 6, July/August 2007, pp. 320-326
Description
Study conducted for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation using profiles of 127 former residential school students in BC. Concluded that "layers of trauma" may account for the mental and psychosocial problems experienced by survivors.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 1, January 2010, p. 5
Description
Discusses the objectives and mandate of the TRC and the need for Aboriginal People to tell their residential school survivor stories with the hope of healing and growing.
Article found by scrolling to page 5.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 5, May 2010, p. 8
Description
Looks at the office opening of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, the mandate of the committee, and the creative ways testimonies are received.
Article found by scrolling to page 8.
Ethics Forum, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 23-35
Description
Argues that Canada's commission faces many of the same challenges and obstacles as truth commissions associated with under-developed countries emerging from authoritarian regimes.