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Comparison Analysis of "Custer Died for Your Sins" and "Killing the White Man's Indian"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dee Ansbergs
Description
Compares two books, written more than twenty years apart, for their strengths, weaknesses, biases, and value to Native American Studies.
Compulsive Measures: Resisting Residential Schools at One Arrow Reserve, 1889-1896
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Trevor John Williams
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 197-222
Description
Details the various tactics used by Indian Agent R.S. Mackenzie: coerced baptisms, arrests, police manhunts, and withholding rations.
Conquest Through Benevolence: The Indian Residential School Apology and the (Re)Making of the Innocent Canadian Settler Subject
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura McKinley
Description
Leadership, Higher and Adult Education Thesis (M.A.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2014.
Contemporary Practice of Traditional Aboriginal Child Rearing: A Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Muir
Yvonne Bohr
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental, Spiritual and Cultural Health, 2014, pp. 66-79
Description
Looks at Aboriginal child rearing practices to determine if traditional ways are still in use and if so, how these practices differ from mainstream child rearing.
Current Issues in Mental Health in Canada: The Mental Health of First Nations and Inuit Communities
Alternate Title
In Brief (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; no. 2014-02-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norah Kielland
Tonina Simeone
Description
Brief overview of the unique contextual factors underlying the mental health challenges faced by First Nations and Inuit communities.
The Curriculum of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School: An American Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Joy Meness
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2017.
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.
Dealing With Difficult Emotions: Anger at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne-Marie Reynaud
Anthropologica, vol. 56, no. 2, 2014, pp. 369-382
Description
Attempts to understanding how survivors felt after giving their statements to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Decisions May Affect Residential Schools Suits
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael R. McAteer
Anglican Journal, vol. 125, no. 7, September 1999, p. [?]
Description
Focuses on the Supreme Court ruling on vicarious liability in Bazley v. Curry and Jacobi v. Griffiths.
[Decolonizing Archives]
Alternate Title
[5th Annual Critical Conversations Series]
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
[Greg Bak]
Description
Podcast discusses the destructing of archives which amounted to lost records of residential school students experiences.
Duration: 25:29
Accompanying material.
Defining Métis: Catholic Missionaries and the Idea of Civilization in Northwestern Saskatchewan, 1845-1898
E-Books
Author/Creator
Timothy P. Foran
Differences Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Women Engaged in Street Prostitution in Sudbury
Theses
Author/Creator
Bernadette Walicki
Description
Human Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Laurentian University, 2017.
Distribution des règlements des demandes du Processus d'évaluation indépendant (PEI) = Distribution of Independent Assessment Process (IAP) Settlements [Map 2: September 19, 2007- November, 2017]
Alternate Title
Convention de règlement relative aux pensionnats indiens = Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Geomatics Services
[Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)]
Description
Shows amount and number range for each province based on location of residential school for which compensation received.
"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.
Dreams and Nightmares in First Nations Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Lena Ruwoldt
Description
Philosophy Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Greifswald, 2017.
Focuses on Robert Arthur Alexie's Porcupines and China Dolls, Cherie Dimaline's Red Rooms, Richard Van Camp's "On the Wings of This Prayer" and Richard Wagamese's Ragged Company.
“Each has a house of her own”: Purpose, Domesticity and
Agency of First Nations Women in Canada’s Industrial School
System, 1883-1923
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sarah Nason
Mount Royal Undergraduate Humanities Review, vol. 2, December 2014, pp. [20]-37
Description
Discusses government's and churches' goals for female students, and their failure to achieve them. Focuses on schools located in Fort Qu'Appelle and North Battleford, Saskatchewan, and High River, Alberta.
Earth, Water, Air and Fire: Studies in Canadian Ethnohistory
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Charles M. Johnston
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 80, no. 3, September 1999, p. 501
Description
Book review of: Earth, Water, Air and Fire: Studies in Canadian Ethnohistory edited by David T. McNab. A collection of conference presentations at Walpole Island in 1994, include Olive Dickason and Dean Jacobs.
Editorial: Resilience and Triumph: Moving Forward in a Good Way
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Madelynn Slade
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental, Spiritual and Cultural Health, 2014, pp. 5-6
Description
Highlights the theme of the issue that focuses on children and youth.
Educating First-Nation Children in Canada: the Rise and Fall of Residential Schooling
Theses
Author/Creator
Kimberly Ann McFarlane
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 1999.
Education for Elimination in Nineteenth-Century Hawai'i: Settler Colonialism and the Native Hawaiian Chiefs' Children's Boarding School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Kaomea
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 54, no. 2, May 2014, pp. 123-144
Description
Connects the decline in ali'i births to the residential Hawaiian missionary run Chiefs' Children's School where colonial Puritan policies eventually put an end to future generations of Hawaiian rulers.
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.
Effects of Boarding School Education on American Indian Families: A Qualitative Study of Perceptions from an American Indian Viewpoint
Theses
Author/Creator
Linda LeGarde Grover
Description
Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Minnesota, 1999.
[Establishment of the National Research Centre for Truth and Reconciliation]
Alternate Title
[5th Annual Critical Conversations Series]
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Ry [Moran]
Description
Overview of the work of the NRC and discussion of the two documents that are the governing mandate for the Centre.
Duration: 11:30.
An Ethical Space for Dialogue about Difficult History: Fostering Critical Thinking Amongst Students in Canada's Northwest Territories & Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Daitch
Arctic Yearbook, 2014, pp. [1]-24
Description
Discusses a curriculum module which looks at assimilation practices and the forcible removal of Indigenous children from their families to residential schools.
Ethnocentrism and Off-Reservation Indian Boarding Schools
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicholas C. Davidson
Description
Education and Human Development Thesis (M.Sc.)--New York College at Brockport, 2014.
The Experiences of Seven Alumni Who Attended Shingwauk Residential School as Children, 1929-1964
Theses
Author/Creator
Donald John Wilshere
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Lakehead University, 1999.
Feathers, Beads and False Dichotomies: Indigenizing Urban Aboriginal Child Welfare in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Jeffrey J. Schiffer
Description
[Anthropology and Education] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2014.
Focuses on the Pacific Aboriginal Child Welfare Association.
Federal Indian Policy and the St. Francis Mission School on Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota: 1886-1908
Theses
Author/Creator
Karla Lee Ekquist
Description
Agricultural History and Rural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Iowa State University, 1999.
Fighting a Two-Front War: Dr. Albert D. Lake, Thomas Indian School Physician, 1880–1922
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurence Marc Hauptman
New York History, vol. 95, no. 3, Summer, 2014, pp. 408-431
Description
Discusses the New York state-appointed doctor's efforts to protect children from contagious diseases and advocate for improvements in health care delivery to Native American population.
Fighting Acculturation and Rebuilding Confidence in Aboriginal Languages
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rohahes Iain Phillips
Revue québécoise de droit international, vol. 12, no. 1, 1999, pp. [157]-162
Description
Comments on the status of aboriginal languages in Canada including some statistics and estimates.
Finding the Balance: Student Voices and Cultural Loss at Sherman Institute
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Whalen
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 58, no. 1, 2014, pp. 124-144
Description
An examination on how scholars can find the balance between the positive effects and the loss of culture when addressing the experiences of Indigenous boarding school students.
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Growth Chart Literacy Prompts: K-8
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
Description
Includes book summaries, literacy prompt questions, and enrichment activities for books appropriate to each grade. Revised Version.
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".
First Nations Women, Games, and Sport in Pre- and Post-Colonial North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thierry Terret
Frabrice Delsahut
Women's History Review, vol. 23, no. 6, 2014, pp. 976-995
Description
Using a gendered approach to look at the history of Indigenous women's participation and impact on sports culture. Focuses on the Indigenous boarding school basketball team the Fort Shaw Blues.
First Peoples: A Guide for Newcomers
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kory Wilson
Jane Henderson
Fontaine v. Canada (Attorney General), 2014 ONSC 283
Alternate Title
Court File Number: 00-CV-129059
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Description
Judgement in case where the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and various other claimants under the Independent Assessment Process brought a suit to force the Canadian government and the Ontario Provincial Police to produce documents relating to abuse of students at St. Anne's Indian Residential School.
Forgotten Métis
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Legacy of Hope Foundation
Description
Virtual exhibition about the experience of children forced into residential schools. Includes link to history timeline and resources.
Forgotten: The Métis Residential School Experience
E-Books
Author/Creator
Legacy of Hope Foundation
Forgotten: The Métis Residential School Experience: Workshop Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Legacy of Hope Foundation
Framing Canada's Aboriginal Peoples: A Comparative Analysis of Indigenous and Mainstream Television News
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brad Clark
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 41-64
Description
Compares coverage of events on Global Television, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and CTV to that of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). Stories covered: shooting of Chelsea Yellowbird, vote buying at Esgenoopetitj First Nation, Air Canada, Winnipeg and First Nation flood evacuees, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Keystone XL pipeline protest.
The Freedom and the Privacy of an Indian Boarding School’s Sports Field and Student Athletes Resistance to Assimilation
Theses
Author/Creator
Curtis A. Kachur
Description
Arts Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2017.
From Boarding Schools to the Multicultural Classroom: The Intercultural Politics of Education, Assimilation, and American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Sanchez
Mary E. Stuckey
Teacher Education Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 1999, pp. 83-96
Description
Looks at politics and practices of cross cultural communication by examining the historical and current status of American Indians as subjects and participants in the educational system.
From Indian Boys to Canadian Men? The Use of Cadet Drill in the Canadian Indian Residential School System
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evan J. Habkirk
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [227]-247
Description
Looks at how some students used military drill as a way to survive the abuse faced at school by finding relief in travel opportunities to participate in performances and competitions off of the school grounds.
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.
From Wasteland to Homeland: Trauma and the Renewal of Indigenous Peoples and Their Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Sousan Abadian
Description
Political Economy and Government Thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1999.
Full Circle: The Aboriginal Healing Foundation & the Unfinished Work of Hope, Healing & Reconciliation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Wayne K. Spear
[The Future of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence Series: Homalco Gathering, May 8, 2017]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Darren Blaney
John Gagnon
Banchi Hause
Natasha Bob
Devin Pielle … [et al.]
Description
Part 1: Welcome by Darren Blaney; general remarks by John Gagnon, CEO of Wawatay Native Communications Society.
Part 2: Nuxalk Radio featuring Banchi Hanuse; Siem-nu-ts-lhhwulmuhw host Natasha Bob speaks about how the program came about and its content.
Part 3: Gunargie O'Sullivan, a volunteer programmer, talked about the importance of Indigenous presence on community and campus radio stations; Doreen Manuel shared history of Secwepemc Radio.
Part 5: Talk on CiTR Indigenous Collective and the program Unceded Airwaves, presented by Lisa Girbav, Mario P
Gender and Mission: the Founding Generations of the Sisters of Saint Ann and the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in British Columbia, 1858-1914
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Gresko
Description
Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 1999.
General Synod to Appeal Residential School Decision
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathy Blair
Anglican Journal, vol. 125, no. 10, December 1999, p. 1
Description
Anglican church to appeal B.C. Supreme Court decision that held church liable for 60 per cent of settlement for sexual abuse that took place at St. George's Indian Residential School in Lytton, B.C.