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The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Young Men at St. Michaels Residential School

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Joseph Tessier Omi

Black and white photograph of three boys attending St. Michaels School in Duck Lake Saskatchewan.From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides. 

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The Face Pullers - Unused Photos- Boys in a Classroom

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Black and White photograph of young indigenous boys in a classroom. Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
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The Face Pullers - Unused Photos - "Dairying, Industrial School, St. Albert"

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers (photographer)
Black and white photograph of a group of two indigenous boys and two indigenous girls in western clothing learning to produce dairy products at St. Alberts Industrial School. None of them look very happy. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
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The Face Pullers - Unused Photos - "High River Industrial School Football Team"

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Black and white photograph of a football team of young indigenous men and their non-indigenous coaches. Subtitled "High River Industrial School Football Team: Champions of the Association Football Tournament, Calgary, May 24, 1898. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
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The Face Pullers - Unused Photos "Knitting and Spinning Department, Industrial School, St. Albert"

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers (photographer)
Black and white photograph of a group of young indigenous girls learning spinning and knitting in the St. Albert Industrial School. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
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The Face Pullers - Unused Photos - "Sewing Department, Industrial School, St. Albert"

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers (photographer)
Black and White photograph of a room of young Indigenous women in European clothes. Some are seated at sewing machines, and others sit on chairs sewing by hand. Two nuns oversee the activity in the background. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
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The Face Pullers - Unused Photos - "Students of Dunbow School with Father Naessens, Brother Morkin, and Brother Ryan"

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Black and white photograph of the students of Dunbow Industrial School and Father Naessens, and Brothers Morkin and Ryan. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
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The Face Pullers - Unused Photos- Unidentified Man with Children from the Qu'Appelle Industrial School

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers - Unused Photos- Unidentified Man with Children from the Lebret Industrial School
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Black and white photograph of an Indigenous man in quasi-traditional clothing and three children (two girls, one boy) in full European apparel. The children attend the Qu'Appelle Industrial School. John Milloy identifies the man in this photo as Quewich and his children (A National Crime, page 29). Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
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Facing The Past

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Krista McCracken
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 4, August/September 2016, pp. 12-13
Brief article describes the efforts of the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre (SRSC) with their, Remember the Children: Photographic Identification Project.
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Factors Affecting Initiation and Duration of Breastfeeding Among Off-Reserve Indigenous Children in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Isabella Romano
Martin Cooke
Piotr Wilk
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, January 14, 2019
Study uses a nationally representative survey to examine factors that potentially affect breastfeeding practices among Indigenous women in Canada. Findings indicate that factors which are corelated to breastfeeding include: household income, mother’s level of education, mother’s attendance of residential school, child’s birth weight.
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Familial Attendance at Indian Residential School and Subsequent Involvement in the Child Welfare System Among Indigenous Adults Born During the Sixties Scoop Era

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Bombay
Robyn J. McQuaid
Janelle Young
Vandna Sinha
Vanessa Currie ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, pp. 62-79

Examines the link between having parents who attended Residential Schools and the likelihood of Indigenous children ending up in foster care during the Sixties Scoop. 

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Fast Track for Compensation Claims

Alternate Title
Canada Now ; December 20, 2002
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Geoff Leo
Ralph Goodale
Tony Merchant
Initiative of the Federal government to deal with 12 thousand residential school lawsuits by having an alternative dispute resolution system. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section Duration: 2:19.
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Fatty Legs Novel Study: Answer Key

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kerry Aiken
Resource for teaching the children's book about an Inuit girl and her experiences at a residential school. Book is suitable for Grades 4-7.
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Fatty Legs Novel Study: Student Questions

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kerry Aiken
Resource for teaching the children's book about an Inuit girl and her experiences at a residential school. Book is suitable for Grades 4-7.
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Feasting for Change: Reconnecting With Food, Place & Culture

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jen Bagelman
Fiona Devereaux
Raven Hartley
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 6-17
Comments on a variety of methods for meaningful, culturally appropriate, and community-engaged health promotion.
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Federal Boarding Schools and the Indian Child: 1920-1960

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Connell Szasz
South Dakota History, vol. 7, no. 4, 1977, pp. [371]-384
Historical overview of the running of and changes to American Indigenous boarding schools over a forty year period.
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The File Hills Ex-Pupil Colony

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eleanor Brass
Saskatchewan History, vol. 6, no. 2, Spring, 1953, pp. 66-69
Brief description by former resident of the farming colony established in 1901 by then Indian agent W.M. Graham with the goal of “extending the training received by young Indians at the different government schools in the Northwest.” Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 66.
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Filling the Gaps: Working Towards the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Archives

Alternate Title
Prairie Perspectives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Reilly
Outlines the Commission's responsibilities for gathering and preserving materials relating residential schools, and discusses some of the challenges this entails, including balancing access with privacy. Paper presented at Prairie Perspectives: the Academic Conference of The First National Truth and Reconciliation Event, 17 June 2010.
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[Filmmaker Lisa Meeches Gives Back to the Storytelling Circle]

Alternate Title
Trailbreakers ; Episode 300079755
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Don Kelly
Lisa Meeches
Former reporter and host of Sharing Circle discusses her previous experiences and her latest production, We Were Children, which deals with residential schools. Episode of Trailbreakers which aired August 21, 2012. Duration: 27:30.
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The Final Abuse of Indian Residential School Children: Deleting Their Names, Erasing Their Voices and Destroying Their Records after They Have Died and without Their Consent

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Thomas L. McMahon
Primary focus is the lack of co-operation the Truth and Reconciliation Commission received when trying to collect statements given during the Independent Assessment Process (IAP) and the records of the Common Experience Payment program, despite the fact that this was part of its mandate as laid out in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA).
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Final Report: 2008 National Benchmark Survey

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Environics Research Group
Survey conducted to measure Canadian's baseline awareness of the residential school system and the long-term, intergenerational consequences for the Aboriginal population.
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