Assimilation

Contends that conditions were unsanitary and health professionals discourage local consultations with shamans for traditional treatments, both examples of broader reservation health trends of the times.

Book review of: Hey Monias! by Stewart Dickson. Scroll down to page 167 to access the article.

Focuses on U.S. off-reservation boarding school program of 1878-1928 and its impact on the traditional roles of women.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkley, 2002.

Looks at the Department of Indian Affairs involvement in Aboriginal sport in missionary and reserve schools.

See p. 97-107.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Virginia Commonwealth University, 2012.

Overview of the social, economic and environmental factors that contribute to HIV-related health disparities for Native women and girls.

Contends that government political will and First Nations political action are required to ensure Indigenous children have access to education that prepares them for living lives strong in cultural and spiritual identity.

Professional Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Gonzaga University, 2007.

Outlines various responses to trauma and race-­based traumatic stress suffered by Indigenous peoples as a result of government policies geared towards assimilation, and discusses how self-governed nations with connection to culture and spirituality can result in better outcomes for Indigenous peoples.

A comparison of the boarding schools for Mexican, Canadian and American Indigenous communities.

Publications on Indian residential schools with an emphasis on those under Catholic direction in Ontario and Western Canada.

Brief overview of the intent behind establishing the schools and how students' experienced life within them.

Presents Angela White from the Indian Residential School Survivors' Society speaking on the history and impacts of residential schools. Duration: 25:58. Part 1. Part 3.

Looks at how the Tommaney Library at Haskell Indian Nations University has existed for more than 100 years as a reflection of the struggle to assimilate Indians in America.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1972.

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.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 1981.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oklahoma, 1963.

A short history of the policies between European countries, and later the United States government and tribal governments.

General outline of significant events in the department's history.

This paper covers subjects such as early administration of Aboriginals in Canada, the development of an Indian Policy by Confederation in 1867, the 1951 Indian Act, and the implementation of the White Paper in 1969.

Introduces the topic of the history of residential schools in Canada and provides strategies and resources for teaching this topic. Unit 2 of 6. Duration: 24:40.

Canadian Heritage and Development Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1999.

Looks at the reasons for removal, the loss of culture and identification, and continuing effects on adult children. Also discusses the organization Link-Up that assists Aboriginal people in finding their family.

Discussion on the loss of parenting skills due to residential school experiences, and clinical interventions aimed at healing and reconciliation.

Study sample consisted of 16 men ranging from 26 to 55 years who used the services of the Na‐Me‐Res emergency hostel in downtown Toronto. Chapter 6.2 from: Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada edited by J. David Hulchanski, Phillippa Campsie, Shirley B.Y. Chau, Stephen H. Hwang, Emily Paradis

Looks at Hopi students who used skills learned at an off-reservation boarding school to enhance and preserve their heritage.

Black and White photograph of the only remaining son of Chief Big Bear, his youngest, Horse Child, dressed in European clothing.

Discusses how the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) confined and isolated First Nations peoples to reserves in an attempt to suppress their independence and culture.

Author criticizes the U.S. government's actions with respect to American Indians, but attributes it to "the inevitable law of the subjection of the inferior to the superior race". Argues that this means that they face "extermination or absorption into the civilized citizenship". Reflects attitudes and policies of the time.

Continuation of the paper Boarding School: Historical Trauma Among Alaska's Native People. Focuses on healing and methods to achieve it.

Results of tests to assess the performance and progress of Indigenous students in various types of educational institutions.

Poster of close-up of a Aboriginal man in ceremonial dress drinking with a straw from a Diet Pepsi cup.

Paper examines ways in which class and race issues influence parent/teacher relationships through interviews with fifty Indigenous parents.

Examines the boarding school experiences of generations of Native Americans, where youth were thrust into an institutional culture that contrasted drastically from their home environment.

Looks at the education system, at the turn of the century, through the eyes of Charlie Twist from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, who enrolled in the Rapid City Indian School in 1909.

Examination of the social experiences and challenges faced by Native American children who had attended large public schools in the United States between 1945-75.

Recounts Edith Strangway's life and how she challenged a government policy.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Miami University, 1998.

Looks at Aboriginal children's experiences in a mainstream environment when coming from an all aboriginal pre-school.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Waterloo, 2016.

Focuses on the centrality of Indigenous children and related concepts of childhood to colonial projects in Canada and, more specifically, in the province of British Columbia.

Book review of: If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 98.

Discusses girls' experiences at residential schools, contrasts them to traditional child-rearing practices, and highlights the implications for subsequent generations.

Discussion of textbook bias and being poorly represented in the history books.

Discusses informal photographs which relate to the structure of the schools, their physical environment and the daily lives of teachers and students. Argues that because they provide social and cultural context, visual representations should be treated as important primary sources in research.

Discusses the attempts to obliterate the Lakotah language and the importance of preserving it as part of the culture.