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Alternative (Hi)stories in Stolen Generation and Residential School Narratives: Reading Indigenous Life Writings by Doris Pilkington and Shirley Sterling

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martina Horáková
BRNO Studies in English, no. 33, 2007, pp. 143-156
Examines two life writing narratives by Indigenous women writers from Australia and Canada to demonstrate the ways in which they present alternative (hi)stories of removed Indigenous children.
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American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many

Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Charla Bear
Radio report discusses the history of the schools and the movement to prevent closure of some of the few remaining institutions. Accompanied by article. Duration: 7:45.
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American Indian Boarding Schools in the United States: A Brief History and Legacy

Alternate Title
Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Denise K. Lajimodiere
Comments on the physical and psychological experiences of boarding school survivors. Chapter 16 from Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes edited by Wilton Littlechild and Elsa Stamatopoulou.
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The American Indian in the Great War: Real and Imagined [Part One, Chapter Two]

Alternate Title
Chapter II: American Indian Affairs Before the Great War
Part I: The Road to WWI
The Road to War: American Indian Affairs
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Diane Camurat
Master's Thesis submitted in 1993 to the Institut Charles V of the University of Paris VII. Content includes: Grant's Peace Policy and Its Developments, 1869-1879; The "Social Gospel", 1879-1897; Allotment and Resistance; A "Progressive Era" for the American Indians, 1897-1917; and Education and Health.
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American Indian Issues: An Introductory and Curricular Guide for Educators

Alternate Title
Wild Rivers Teaching American History Project
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Gayle Olson-Raymer
Anne Hartline
Sophie Huntington
David Riesenfeld]

Contains links to historical overview and nine lesson plans, including: Mascots, Symbols, and Name; Federal Indian Policy: Historical Roots and 19th Century Policies; Indian Boarding Schools; Red Power; and American Indian Tribal Gaming.

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American Indian School a Far Cry from the Past

Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Charla Bear
Radio report discusses Sherman Indian High School in Riverside California and the controversy over whether the Federally-funded schools should closed. Accompanied by article. Duration: 7:46.
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American Indian Stories

Alternate Title
A Warrior's Daughter
An Indian Teacher Among Indians
Impressions of an Indian Childhood
School Days of an Indian Girl
The Soft-Hearted Sioux
The Trial Path
E-Books
Author/Creator
Zitkala-Sa [Gertrude Simmons Bonnin]
Compilation of essays previously published as magazine artices.
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American Indian Student Slang

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan Dundes
C. Fayne Porter
American Speech, vol. 38, no. 4, December 1963, pp. 270-277
Discusses use of folk speech by students at Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas.
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[Anglican Healing Fund] Summary of Projects

Alternate Title
[Residential Schools Healing Fund Summary of Projects]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada
General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada. Restorative approach to justice.
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Anglican Residential Schools

Alternate Title
Mission and Justice Relationships
[Anglican Indian and Eskimo Residential Schools]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
General Synod Archives
Contains map showing locations of schools as well as links to the history of each institution.
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Anishinabemowin: A Way of Seeing the World Reclaiming My Identity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Young
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 1, Advancing Aboriginal Language and Literacy, 2003, pp. 101-107
Conference presentation on the importance of maintaining Indigenous languages and the unique view of the world these languages offer.
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Anthropometric Indices of First Nations Children and Youth on First Entry to Manitoba/Saskatchewan Residential Schools - 1919 to 1953

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
F. J. Paul Hackett
Sylvia Abonyi
Roland F. Dyck
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, 2016, p. article no. 30734
Study shows First Nations children entering residential school had normal body mass index and height and weight for age, providing evidence that the nutritional state in First Nation communities was reasonable at that time.
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Any Changes Since Residential School?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Hookimaw-Witt
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 22, no. 2, 1998, pp. 159-170
Presents discussion indicating education is still interfering with Indigenous culture and that education will only succeed when it is culturally relevant.
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The Apology Breakthrough: Now What?

Alternate Title
[Harvest of Hope: A Symposium of Reconciliation ; pt. 4]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Phil Fontaine
Presentation by National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations focuses on the apology made to former residential school students and what it may mean for Canadian society. Duration: 26:08.
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Appendix A: Report of Dr. Ryerson on Industrial Schools

Alternate Title
Report of Dr. Ryerson on Industrial Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Egerton Ryerson
Makes suggestions about "the best method of establishing and conducting Industrial Schools for the benefit of the aboriginal Indian Tribes".
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Appendix B to the Report on Indigenous Peoples: American Indian Boarding Schools: Response to the Periodic Report of the United States to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Alternate Title
CERD Shadow Report
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Shadow Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[US Human Rights Network?]
Brief discussion of the history of the system and ongoing effects of human rights violations such as religious/cultural suppression, forced labor, and deaths in schools.
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Appraisals of Discriminatory Events Among Adult Offspring of Indian Residential School Survivors: The Influences of Identity Centrality and Past Perceptions of Discrimination

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Bombay
Kimberly Matheson
Hymie Anisman
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 20, no. 1, January 2014, pp. 75-86
Compares adult children of off-spring IRS survivors to Aboriginal adults of family not directly affected by Indian Residential Schools.
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Approaching Reconciliation: Tips from the Field

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Smylie
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 5, July/August 2015, pp. 261-264
Attributes ongoing health inequities experienced by Aboriginal peoples to government policies of cultural genocide. Recommends health care professionals read the report Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future, engage in self-reflection, develop critical listening and learning skills, and challenge themselves and others to find concrete ways of spending to the calls for action from Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Arcand Endured Racism, Earned Respect on the Ice

Alternate Title
Sports Chat
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mike Gosselin
Eagle Feather News, vol. 15, no. 6, June 2012, pp. B-18
Brief interview with residential school survivor and hockey player. Article located by scrolling to page B-18.
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Archaeology of the Phoenix Indian School

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Owen Lindauer
Archaeology, March 27, 1998
Discusses the Phoenix Indian School in Arizona, and the policy to assimilate Native children into American culture.
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Archival Photographs in Perspective: Indian Residential School Images of Health

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krista McCracken
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [163]-182
"This article addresses the challenges associated with present-day usage of residential school photographs, the ways in which these photographs can contribute to ongoing discussions about healing and reconciliation, and the use of archival photographs within the residential school survivor community".
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Are the Eastern Industrial Training Schools for Indian Children a Failure?

Alternate Title
[A Crisis in the Cause of Indian Education]
[Captain Pratt and His Work for Indian Education]
[Captain Pratt and His Work]
[Christian Schools among the Indians: A Letter from Bishop Hare]
[Hampton's Indian Students at Home]
[Statistics Relating to Indian Schools, 1882]
[The Church and the Indians]
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Helen W. Ludlow
James McLaughlin
Elaine Goodale
William H. Hare
Herbert Welsh
Charles Warren]

Pamphlet produced in response to debates in Congress on the Indian Appropriation Bill. Includes various letters, articles, statistics, extract from Congressional Record, and The Indian School at Carlisle Barracks, published by U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education in 1880.

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