Residential & Boarding Schools

Contains links to: Key Issues and Challenges, A School's 1912 Daily Schedule, Excerpts from Zitkala-Sa's Nineteenth Century Account, About the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, About the Phoenix Indian School, Assimilation through Education, An Indian Boarding School Photo Gallery.

Radio clip on how the trauma from residential schools was passed from one generation to the next. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section. Duration: 4:45.

Looks at an off-reservation school that received Therapeutic Residential Model funding for the 2001-2002 school year and choose to use the funds for an intensive academic enhancement effort.

Looks at the nomination of J. Rich Ponting, professor emeritus of the University of Calgary, to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oklahoma State University, 2002.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona,1942.

Meeting hopes to end dissent caused by residential schools issue by renewing 1994 covenant promising more self-determination for Indigenous Anglicans.

Meeting of the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) calls for establishment of eight-member commission to address issues arising from residential schools.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2009.

Keynote speaker's address opens this special issue which aims to showcase the depth and breadth of Indigenous Studies in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.

Amendments deal with schooling, loss of status should a woman marry a non-Aboriginal or non-treaty man, and with requests for enfranchisement.

Discusses intent of public performances by students of the Albuquerque and Santa Fe Indian Schools.

Document defines the consultation framework including a brief background summary, definition of the issues that will be addressed and the questions that will be used as a starting point for discussion at the meeting November 5 and 6, 2013.

Consists of an interview where Adam Solway talks about being orphaned at 8 years and adopted by the Blackfoot Reserve, Alta; his attendance at a residential school; becoming a councillor and then chief of the reserve. He comments on the issues he had to deal with as well as providing comments on contemporary lifestyles and leadership.

Looks at present health care practices and offers an alternative approach that is culturally adapted to Aboriginal needs.

Highlights the past and future activities of the Foundation and the need for funding to continue programming.

Study conducted over five years consulted with over 150 Mi'kmaq through interviews, focus groups, and community forums in order to develop strategies to address violence.

Uses Blue Quills First Nations College as a case study.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2014.

File contains 2 negatives of an unidentified Administrator of Aboriginal Education facilities, presumably in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, March 23, 1966. Scanned image shows two men and two women posing for a portrait (presumably one of whom is said administrator).

Focuses on two separate long-term studies done without the consent of participants, who were viewed as "experimental materials". Partial motivations were to further researchers' careers and correct "Indian problems" of disease and dependency on the state.

Reports on the structures and processes used by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) to achieve its mission.

Assistant Deputy Minister, Resolution and Individual Affairs Sector at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada speaks about the events leading to, and administration of, the Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. Duration: 19:43.

Basic information on terminology, cultural diversity, history of First Nation peoples in Alberta, Alberta treaties and treaty relationships, legacy of residential schools, theTruth and Reconciliation Commission and respectful ways to interact with Elders.

Reviews contemporary evidence for using the Historical Loss Scale and provides examples of stressors.

Positive effects of the expanded counselling program at the Albuquerque Indian School in 1976-77.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba/University of Winnipeg, 2016.

Explains that frontline workers, working in reserves and native communities, should be sure to inform former First Nations residential school students about the details of the Residential Schools Settlement Agreement including the "opt-out" period.

Comments on three main themes: female sexuality, impact of colonization on First Nations women, and residential school experiences.

Social Work Thesis (MSW)--[Grand Valley State University, 2002].

Psychology Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Western Ontario, 2012

Discusses issues of reconciliation, the consequences of government policies, and its standards for measuring Indigenous peoples’ cultures, beliefs, and practices.

Before school was opened, this agreement was negotiated between Northwest Angle 37 First Nation, Iskatewizaagegan 39 Independent First Nation, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation and The Presbyterian Church of Canada. It stipulated how the school was to be run and is the only one of its kind known to be in existence. Also known as "The Thirteen Point Agreement". Entire issue on one pdf. To access agreement, scroll to p. 6.

Final agreement yet to be reached in residential schools settlement, with outstanding issues including cultural claims and exact amount of church's financial obligation.

Guide to documents held in the United Church Archive in British Columbia. Arranged alphabetically by the name of the collection or fonds, with the ability to click on title and access more detailed description from MemoryBC.

Guide to documents held in the United Church Archive in British Columbia. Arranged alphabetically by the name of the collection or fonds, with the ability to click on title and access description from MemoryBC.

Portion of transcript from artists' discussion on truth, reconciliation and healing, followed by interview. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Newspaper produced at the Shingwauk Indian Residential School, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Reports on activities in the Anglican Diocese of Algoma and the residential school run by it. Language and content reflect attitudes and policies of the time.

Consists of an interview where the people being interviewed discuss their life at the Mission Indian Residential School.

Various activities for grades four to twelve. Topics include First Nations people, Métis, residential schools, and rhythmic fun.Teachings and historical content based on Cree teachings.

Emphasis on racial distinctions between Métis and First Nations, ignores intermarriage, kinship ties, and shared cultural understandings; recommendations for agenda items for changes in Canada-Indigenous relations in light of the Daniels decision Duration: 1:50:08. Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.

File contains 14 negatives from the Senior Mens Basketball team from the All Saints Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, November 26, 1966. Scanned image shows a male basketball player from the All Saints team.

All Saints Boarding School in La Ronge, Saskatchewan. Run by the Anglican Church All Saints was built in 1920-21 under Archdeacon McKay's supervision.

File contains 1 image of Grade Eight graduates from the All Saints Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on June 6, 1962.

File contains 4 negatives showing scenes from a Hunter Safety Program held for students at the All Saints Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on May 13, 1966. Scanned image shows female students seated in a classroom with what appears to be a group of male students or instructors standing in the background.

Provides a short history of the All Saints School in Aklavik, founded in 1919 by Bishop James Richard Lucas of the Diocese of Mackenzie River.

Presents a history of the All Saints school from its beginnings in 1906 to 1948, and looks at how it was destroyed by fire twice.

File contains 3 negatives from the All Saints (Residential School) Women's Auxillary Tea held on June 7, 1963 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Scanned negative shows women from the Auxillary organization.