Presents examples of how reconciliation can be enacted in everyday life and talks about the National Center for Truth and Reconciliation, Project of Heart and the film Students in the Classroom.
Duration: 41:56.
Introduction: People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia
People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia
E-Books » Chapters
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.
Human Rights Review, vol. 16, no. 3, September 2015, pp. 273-293
Description
Rethinks Indigenous deaths as being grievable and uses grief as a resource to bring about change. Case study using Residential schools and Project Heart.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 15-39
Description
Supports apology for wrongs of the past and/or present and a credible commitment by the state for changes in future policy behavior.
Article located by scrolling down page.
Contrasts British male colonial attitudes to women in general and Indigenous women in particular to their status in traditional Indigenous societies; traces the development of stereotypes about both men and women; looks at the impacts of government-church alliances, the role of contemporary media and incidence and types of violence perpetrated against Indigenous women; and argues that restoring safety will mean recognizing and attempting to correct harms done by non-Indigenous societies, and decolonization of communities so that they may heal from historic trauma.
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.
Discusses pictures taken by students attending the Rainy Mountain and Phoenix Indian Schools and how these images differ from those taken by official photographers.
Telling Your Story: The Indian Residential Schools Independent Assessment Process
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Charlene Bearhead
Greg Miller
Description
To help former residential school students who have registered a claim of sexual abuse, serious physical abuse and other wrongful acts, prepare for their hearings with the Independent Assessment Process. Video and transcript.
Duration: 17:28.
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.
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Andrew Woolford
Description
Podcast discusses genocide and compares Canadian boarding schools to those in the United States. Speaks about his book, This benevolent experiment : Indigenous boarding schools, genocide, and redress in Canada and the United States.
Duration unknown.
Accompanying material.
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.