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Innu Oral Dominance Meets Schooling: New Data on Outcomes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Burnaby
David Philpott
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, vol. 28, no. 4, 2007, pp. 270-289
Explores the impact of interaction with Western culture on a specific minority culture and language.
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Inspired Leadership for Difficult Times

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 11, February 2004, p. 26

Historical overview of First Nations treaty signatory, Ahtahkakoop, who as part of his strategy to ensure future generations’ success, adopted the white man’s religion, education and agricultural pursuits.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.34.

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Instructive Past: Lessons from the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples for the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jula Hughes
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 27, no. 1, 2012, pp. 101-127
Argues that looking back at success and failure of RCAP can be useful for the future of the TRC starting with two early phases; establishing terms of reference and appointment of personnel.
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An Interactional Study of Ojibwa Socialization

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen T. Boggs
American Sociological Review, vol. 21, no. 2, April 1956, pp. 191-198
Study examines changes in personality functioning due to acculturation.
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The Intergenerational Effect of Forcible Assimilation Policy on Education

Alternate Title
Department Discussion Paper (Dept. of Economics, University of Victoria) ; DDP1501
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Donna Feir
Uses confidential data from 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey of Children and Youth to look at intergenerational effects of residential schooling. Found children of mothers who had attended the schools scored higher in health, but lower in educational outcomes.
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Intimate Colonialisms: The Material and Experienced Places of British Columbia's Residential School

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah de Leeuw
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 51, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 339-359
Looks at residential schools and the people involved, as part of the policies of assimilation, enculturation or annihilation of Aboriginals. The author categorizes schools as 'intimate sites nested within Canadian colonial and nation-building agendas'.
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Intimate Enemies: Weetigo, Weesageechak, and the Politics of Reconciliation in Tomson Highway's Kiss of the Fur Queen and Joseph Boyden's Three Day Road

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sophie McCall
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2013, pp. 57-85
Analysis of the two novels in terms of tensions between post-colonialist and Indigenous nationalist thoughts about what reconciliation means and how it should be achieved. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 57.
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Introduction: Residential Schools and Decolonization

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosemary Nagy
Robinder Kaur Sehdev
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 27, no. 1, 2012, pp. 67-73
Brief introduction to the articles in section of volume which discuss the experiences of residential school survivors, the challenges of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and the politics of reconciliation. .
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Inuit and the Residential School System

Alternate Title
We Were So Far Away
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Legacy of Hope Foundation
[Heather Igloliorte
Departement of Health and Social Development
Nunatsiavut Government]
Produced in conjunction with the exhibition We Were So Far Away.
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[Is There a Traditional Perspective of Truth and Reconciliation?]

Alternate Title
[Indigenous Knowledge Seminar Series, University of Manitoba]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission speaks about background, mandate and approach of Commission. Also explains the history of governments' attempts to eradicate Aboriginal culture by forced assimilation of children through the residential school system. Duration: 1:39:29.
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Isadore Ledoux Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Isadore Ledoux
Carol Pearlstone
Doris McDougal
Indian History Film Project
Mr. Ledoux, aged 99 at the time of the interview is of mixed French and Indian ancestry but is registered as a treaty Indian. He was present during the Riel Rebellion of 1885 and gives an account of what he saw in the Rebellion; views of the rebellion and the people involved.
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Issues and Recommendations Related to Educating Native American Students

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 7th, 2007
Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
John B. Love
Michael Kallam
Assesses the academic performance of Native American students relative to other ethnic groups based on cultural issues, learning styles, and questions of choice and participation in educational opportunities. Paper from Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium edited by Mark B. Spencer and Rachel Tudor.
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"It's Just a Social Obligation. You Could Say 'No'!": Cultural and Religious Barriers of American Indian Faculty in the Academy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Anne Calhoun
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 132-154
Author discusses the pressure put on Indigenous academics by their Euro-American colleagues to conform to the culture of the University in order to receive tenure, and the conflicts that this can create for Indigenous academics in their communities.
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James Ratt: Lots Of Changes In 50 Years Of Trapping

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Graham Guest (photographer)
Department Of Northern Saskatchewan (photographer)
James Ratt discusses the evolution of trapping during his fifty years on the line. Page one: picture of Ratt family (three generations).
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Jean I. Goodwill Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jean I. Goodwill
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
A registered nurse talks about her friendship with Malcolm Norris and the development of Friendship Centres in Prince Albert and Winnipeg and school integration in La Ronge.
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The Journey Ahead: Report on Progress Since the Government of Canada's Apology to Former Students of Indian Residential Schools

Alternate Title
The Journey Ahead: Report on Progress Since the Government of Canada's Apology to Former Students of Indian Residential Schools: Report of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerry St. Germain
Lillian Eva Dyck
Discusses the report on the progress made on the Government of Canada’s commitments since the apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools, and the challenges that still lie ahead.
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Kill the Indian, Save the Man

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane Yu
Discusses efforts by the United States government to assimilate Native American children through education.
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