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History of Indigenous Education

Alternate Title
Reconciliation through Indigenous Education: Unit 2 Introduction
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
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.
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The History of P.A. Student Residence

Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Roberts
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 2, no. 9, November 1971, pp. 8-9
Formation and history of the Prince Albert Indian School.
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History Underground: The Road to Reconciliation

Alternate Title
[McDowell Foundation Research] Project ; 291
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Renee Repski]

Discusses project which used experiential learning to deepen secondary students' understanding of Indigenous issues and the meaning of reconciliation.

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HIV / AIDS Among Canada's First Nation People: A Look at Disproportionate Risk Factors as Compared to the Rest of Canada

Alternate Title
HIV AIDS Among Canada's First Nation People: A Look at Disproportionate Risk Factors as Compared to the Rest of Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna M. Hill
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 2003, pp. 349-359
Examines factors that contribute to higher rates of infection and one of the factors is the legacy of residential schools.
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Homeless Aboriginal Men: Effects of Intergenerational Trauma

Alternate Title
Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Peter Menzies
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
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Honorary Witnesses Promise to Spread the Word

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 5, August 2012, p. 11

Comments on the accomplishments of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission honorary witnesses.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.

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Honouring: Project of Heart / Speaking to Memory

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Comox Valley Art Gallery
SD71 Indigenous Education Services
Produced to accompany exhibition which incorporated aspects of two other projects: Speaking to Memory: Images and Voices from St. Michael’s Indian Residential School and Project of Heart: Illuminating the Hidden History of Indian Residential Schools in BC. One of the main features of the exhibition was a commemorative canoe decorated with tiles created by students from participating schools.
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Hope: Aboriginal Language use in Canada

Alternate Title
Col-lecció Materials ; 6
Linguapax Review 2010
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Olenka Bilash
Looks at the hopes, threats and dilemmas of language revitalisation programmes. Chapter 2.7 from Linguapax Review 2010 edited by Centre UNESCO de Catalunya. Chapter located by scrolling to page 132.
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"How Do I Put That Away" [Part 2]

Alternate Title
[Indian Residential School Personal Stories]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hazel Squakin
Presents a First Nations Elder speaking about her experience with residential schools and the impact on her life. Access Part 1. Duration: 6:22.
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How Shall the Indians be Educated?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James H. Kyle
The North American Review, vol. 159, no. 455, October 1894, pp. 434-447
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.
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How the Holy Woman Got One of Each All That Belongs to Each Different Society

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
Dave Melting Tallow
Joanne Greenwood
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he gives an account of the original Holy Lodge. (It is a follow-up to IH-AA.112)Note: Dave Melting Tallow, interpreter. Joanne Greenwood, transcriber.
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The Hurting

Alternate Title
Awarding-Winning Novelist on the Link Between Residential Schools and the Devastation of Native Suicide
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph Boyden
Maclean's, vol. 123, no. 25/26, July 5, 2010, pp. 20-23
Award-winning novelist believes that there is a direct correlation between the high Aboriginal youth suicide-rate and the legacy of residential schools.
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I Am a Boy: Thomas Moore Keesick

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Louise BigEagle
Trudy Stewart
Janine Windolph
Brief documentary about the child whose portraits have become iconic representations of before and after residential schools. Duration: 11:53.
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I Breath for Them

Alternate Title
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, Lecture 4
[2018 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Tanya Talaga
Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the fourth of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Saskatoon. In this lecture Talaga links the similarities between contemporary nations with a history of colonization and describes some of the effects for Indigenous peoples and communities. In this Lecture Talaga focuses specifically on healthcare and the disparity in the quality of care available to Indigenous peoples. Duration: 53:59
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"I Knew How to be Moderate. And I Knew How to Obey": The Commonality of American Indian Boarding School Experiences, 1750s-1920s

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Connell Szasz
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, 2005, pp. 75-94
Argues that common ground can be found with the school experiences of students over the centuries and that students, in their own way, remolded educational institutions.
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“I knew how to be moderate. And I knew how to obey”: The Commonality of American Indian Boarding School Experiences, 1750s–1920s

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Connell Szasz
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, 2005, pp. 75-94
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.
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[I'POYI David Wells at the Glenbow]

Alternate Title
I'POYI Aboriginal Writers Gathering ; March 26, 2009
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
David Wells
Spoken word artist presents a rap song. Duration: 6:38.
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I Want To Tell You A Story

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tibetha Kemble (Stonechild)
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 114-121
A discussion of how colonialism created the conditions that were used to justify the removal of Indigenous children from their families, both historically and in modern times. The author use her own personal story as means to discuss its effects.
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"I Was at War--But It Was a Gentle War": The Power of the Positive in Rita Joe's Autobiography

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sam McKegney
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, Special Issue on New Directions in American Indian Autobiography, 2006, pp. 33-52
Author questions whether those with positive residential school experiences should participate in the overall debate and struggle for healing, justice, and political and monetary redress for individuals and communities.
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Iacobucci to Facilitate Truth and Reconciliation

Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 10, December 2008, p. 12
Introduction to the new chair, Justice Frank Iacobucci, of the First Nations Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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IAP Claimants More Than Double Than Expected Number

Alternate Title
Independent Assessment Process Claimants More Than Double Than Expected Number
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 2, May 2012, pp. 9-10

Comments on the over 30,000 former residential school students who have submitted claims seeking compensation for physical, sexual and emotional abuse.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

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'If anything Is to be done with the Indian, we must catch him very young': Colonial Constructions of Aboriginal Children and the Geographies of Indian Residential Schooling in British Columbia, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah de Leeuw
Children's Geographies, vol. 7, no. 2, May 2009, pp. 123-140
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.
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Ignorance, Is It Bliss?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Annette Pember
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 1, Beyond Racism, Fall, 2011
Describes the experiences of the author's mother at an American Indian boarding school.
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