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Images of Assimilation: Photographs of Indian Schools in Arizona

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Margolis
Jeremy Rowe
History of Education, vol. 33, no. 2, March 2004, pp. 199-230
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.
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Imaginary Spaces of Conciliation and Reconciliation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Garneau
West Coast Line #74, vol. 46, no. 2, Reconcile This!, Summer, 2012, pp. 28-38
Author discusses his works, Aboriginal Curatorial Collective Meeting and Aboriginal Advisory Circle Meeting within the context of irreconcilable spaces of Aboriginality. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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"Imitation White Man": Images of Transformation at the Carlisle Indian School

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lonna M. Malmsheimer
Studies in Visual Communication, vol. 11, no. 4, Fall, 1985, pp. 54-75
Using photographs from the Carlisle Indian boarding school to examine the historical value of photographs as both visual artifacts and constructed ideals the same as the written word.
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The Impact of Canadian Residential Schools on the Inuit Who Attended Them

Alternate Title
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jack Anawak
Describes life as a student at a residential school starting in 1959 and a reunion of students twenty-five years later. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
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Implementing the Settlement Agreement

Alternate Title
Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes, Session 5
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Caroline Clark
Delia Opekokew
David Paterson
Kathleen Mahoney
Session Five from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto. Speaks to challenges faced as government representatives in the implementation process. Duration: 1:10:08.
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The Importance of Spiritual Experiences in First Nations Healing

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Daria Shewchuk
BC Psychologist, Psychological Services for First Nations, Spring, 2012, pp. 40-44
Comments on the human ability to heal from profound trauma and the role that one's personal spiritual experiences can play in the healing. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 40.
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In a Government Indian School

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bertha S. Wilkins
Land of Sunshine, vol. 7, June-November 1897, pp. 242-247
Teacher at the government boarding school operated on the Pima Indian Reservation, Arizona describes the personalities of individual students and relays anecdotes from the classroom. Reflects the attitudes and policies of the time.
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In Memory of White Wolf's Child

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Al Johnson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, 1995, pp. 207-210

Relates the history of a residential school where between 1884 and 1889 fifty-two children died, one of whom was only six months old.

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"In the Fall of the Year We Were Troubled with Some Sickness": Typhoid Fever Deaths, Sherman Institute, 1904

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean A. Keller
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 97-117
Investigates illnesses at Sherman Institute, a Native American nonreservation boarding school, in October and November of 1904.
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The Inconvenient Indian

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michelle Latimer
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
90th Parallel Productions
Stewart Henderson
Justine Pimlott ... [et al.]

Documentary inspired by the non-fiction book of the same name by Thomas King explores historical attitudes and efforts to colonize Indigenous peoples and contemporary expressions of resistance.

Duration: 1h, 29 min.

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Indian Act and Treaties

Web Sites
Author/Creator
Agriculture in the Classroom

Website includes links to three modules on treaties and five on the Indian Act and the reserve system.

Student worksheet for Indian Act and Treaties.

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Indian Agents and the Residential School System in Canada, 1946-1970

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vic Satzewich
Linda Mahood
Historical Studies in Education, vol. 7, no. 1, 1995, pp. 45-69
Discusses government policy, the relationship between the Federal government, its officials and missionaries, and the impact of the government's move away from residential to local schools. The article includes the results of interviews with former Indian agents.
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The Indian Boarding School Era and Its Continuing Impact on Tribal Families and the Provision of Government Services

Alternate Title
Indian Tribes and Statehood: A Symposium in Recognition of Oklahoma's Centennial
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann Murray Haag
Tulsa Law Review, vol. 43, no. 1, Fall, 2007, pp. 149-168
Discusses: history of the schools, consequences of removal for individuals and their families, impact of child placement services and welfare programs, and potential remedies.
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Indian Boarding School Experience, Substance Use, and Mental Health among Urban Two-Spirit American Indian/Alaska Natives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa Evans-Campbell
Karina L. Walters
Cynthia R. Pearson
Christopher D. Campbell
American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, vol. 38, no. 5, Special Issue, September 2012, pp. 421-427
Compares adults who either attended boarding schools or were raised by someone who had attended to those with no boarding school history. Reports higher rates of illegal drug use and alcohol use disorder with an association.
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Indian Boarding School Life, 1961-1973

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 9th, 2011
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Mary Harjo
Author discusses her boarding school experiences and its effect on her life.
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Indian Boarding Schools

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda J. Child
Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, vol. 13, no. 1, 2016, pp. 25-27
Comments on boarding schools, mission and day schools, and education policies
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Indian Boarding Schools: A Case Study of Assimilation, Resistance, and Resilience

Alternate Title
[Contemporary American Indian History]
[Curriculum Units by National Fellows of the Yale National Initiative ; vol. 1, 2016]
[Yale National Initiative National Seminars]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barbara Prillaman
Curriculum unit developed for high school students. Objective is for students to be able to answer the following questions: What is assimilation and its variety of terms and how are these sociological concepts related to Native American people? How was assimilation used as a discrimination tool against Native American people? How have Native American people resisted these assimilation attempts? and How have Native American people demonstrated their resilience to these assimilation policies over time?
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Indian Boarding Schools and the Therapeutic Residential Model

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith A. DeJong
Stanley R. Holder
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 13, no. 2, 2006, pp. 1-16
Examines changes in the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs residential schools, and looks at how many students are at risk.
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Indian Boarding Schools in Comparative Perspective: The Removal of Indigenous Children in the United States and Australia, 1880-1940

Alternate Title
Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Margaret D. Jacobs
Compares the forced removal of American Indian and Aboriginal children in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, arguing that governments intentionally removed indigenous children to institutions as acts of colonial control, not assimilation. Chapter from Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences edited by Clifford E. Trafzer, Jean A. Keller, Lorene Sisquoc.
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An Indian Boy's Story

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ah-nen-la-de-ni (Daniel La France)
The Independent, vol. 55, 1903, pp. 1780-1787
Author, who was born in 1879 and began attending the Hampton Institute in 1892, relates his experiences before, during,and after his time at the residential school.
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"Indian Children at Work in the School Gardens, Duck Lake."

Images » Photographs
An panoramic image of the residential school gardens taken from the front entrance to the school looking out. Several Aboriginal children can be seen working in the courtyard, but they are distant and not clearly recognizable. A man, holding what appears to be a hoe, stands in the circular centre of the garden which is surrounded by a roadway.
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Indian Education: A National Tragedy--A National Challenge: 1969 Report of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare ...

Alternate Title
Report No. 91-501
The Kennedy Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
United States Senate
Special Subcommittee on Indian Education
Subcommittee produced extensive report which examined the history of residential, tribal and public education and made numerous recommendations to improve the system.
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Indian Education at Hampton and Carlisle

Articles » General
Author/Creator
[Helen W. Ludlow]
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 62, no. 371, [April] [1881], pp. 659-675
Praises the work of the schools, gives brief description of the curriculum, and describes how eager the pupils' families are for them to become assimilated.
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Indian Education Confronts the Seventies: History and Background of Indian Education: Volume 1

Alternate Title
Position Papers on Indian Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vine Deloria
Lehman L. Brightman
Robert K. Thomas
Presents three positions papers: Reflections on Contemporary Indian Education by Vine Deloria. An Historical Overview of Indian Education with Evaluations and Recommendations by Lehman L. Brightman. Eastern American Indian Communities by Robert K. Thomas.
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Indian Education in Arizona

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert A. Roessel
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 1, no. 1, June 1961, pp. [33-38]
Overview of three types of schools: Bureau of Indian Affairs schools, public schools, and mission schools.
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Indian Education in Canada: The Legacy, Volume 1

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Olive Patricia Dickason
Prairie Forum, vol. 12, no. 1, Spring, 1987, pp. 173-175
Book review of: Indian Education in Canada: The Legacy, Volume 1 edited by Jean Barman, Yvonne Hébert and Don McCaskill.
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[Indian Education in Canada. Volume 1: The Legacy]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
D. Bruce Sealey
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 1987, pp. 160-162
Book review of: Indian Education in Canada, Volume 1: The Legacy edited by Jean Barman, Yvonne Hebert and Don McCaskill.
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