Churches

Memoirs of a Cree minister born in 1877 at Fairford Reserve, ordained in 1902 and his 50 years working for the church.

Summarizes local activities that could be considered as part of the reconciliation process and discusses different perspectives on reconciliation by Settler and Indigenous People.

Reviews the results of eight regional and one wrap-up dialogue which took place in 1999-2000. Dialogues were meant to explore different options to manage litigation and resolve cases of abuse.

Discusses reconciliation, the church and political atmosphere in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

Looks at the need for spiritual reconciliation for former students, their families and the teachers of residential schools and how the Anglican church is responsible for helping these groups.

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.

The file contains a book entitled "Regulations Relating to the Education of Indian Children" issued by the Government of Canada in 1908. The regulations deal with the role and responsibilities of Indian Agents in carrying out educational policy; sectarian schools; and related matters.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.

Movement away from the concept of converting others to Christianity and toward inter-faith dialogues.

Speech by Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, at the launch of the Remembering the Children: Aboriginal and Church Leaders Tour.

Accounts include the experiences of Father Bigonesse, evidence of Fr. Cochin in the trial of Poundmaker, a biography of Fr. Cochin, and reminiscences in French.

Outlines O'Meara's report from his Government Indian Mission at Manitoulin Island following his appointment by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in 1839 as Missionary to the Indians at Sault St. Marie.

Discussion of the activities of the "Meeting for Sufferings" organization, as originally issued in the series: Tracts Relative to the Aborigines ; no. 5.

Reports on a yearly meeting which addresses emigrants who are likely to relocate to colonies in the vicinity of Aboriginal tribes.

Discusses organizations and resources dealing with Indigenous peoples and international law. Revised document originally presented at the 1992 Annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries.

Brief explanation of the system, its effects on survivors and their culture, and the intergenerational trauma inflicted by it.

Jack Stagg appointed deputy head of newly formed Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution.

Uses example of the schools in Aklavik, Northwest Territories to illustrate the methods used and the impacts of the acculturation agenda of education in the North.

Brief history of the schools in Canada and the legacy of cultural abuse.

Plaintiffs', church, and government representatives as well a judge and academic speak about the process. Session Two from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes. Duration: 1:19:03.

Transcription of radio program about the United Church. Tape 1 - Apology given by the United Church of Canada in 1986; Tape 2 - Residential Schools: The Past and Present; Tape 3A - WBAI Interview - Economics and Politics (2/15/98); Tape 3B - WBAI Interview: 6/18/98.

Agreement between Government of Canada, General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, Missionary Society of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Anglican Church of Canada Resolution Corporation dealing with Indian Residential School. Initialled as an agreement-in-principle November 20, 2002.

Compilation of quarterly publications updating information on various issues and activities related to abuse inflicted upon former students.

A story of resiliency by a residential school survivor involving crosses disappearing then reappearing several decades later.

The author explores the contradictions in the different narratives about place—Indigenous and Mormon—surrounding the town of Lā'ie on O’ahu. Works to problematize the oppositional relationship between Indigeneity and modernity. Explores sites of resistance occupied by Kanaka Maoli members of the Church of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

Focuses on demands by victims for reparations and the government's reactions to those demands.

Theology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saint Paul University, 2018.

Describes the events surrounding the disappearance of the church bell from Batoche, Saskatchewan in 1885.

Articles about the life of Edward Matheson written by Bishop Newnham, Campbell Innes, Rev. J.F. Pritchard and Rev. Edward Ahenakew.

1 photo. Close-up of Ahenakew.

Historical note:

"Born at Sandy Lake on June 11, 1885, this grandnephew of Chief Poundmaker attended the missionary school on the Sandy Lake Reserve, and then the boarding school in Prince Albert, where he proved an able scholar and an impressive athlete. After boarding school Ahenakew returned to Sandy Lake, where he assisted his father until he was invited to teach at a missionary school on the James Smith Reserve.

Image of an elderly Rev. Father J. Moulin in robes with a cross around his neck; outdoor scene.

A studio portrait of Rev. John Richard Matheson, seated.

Historical note:

Rev. John Richard Matheson was the husband of Dr. Elizabeth (Scott) Matheson. They were married in 1891, and she went with him to the Anglican mission on a reserve at Onion Lake, 200 miles Northwest of Saskatoon. As well as a missionary, he served as builder, rancher and trader to finance their work. After she completed medical studies at his urging, he built her a small mission hospital at Onion Lake, and the couple ran a mission school there.

Rev. Louis M. Adam, o.m.i.,principal of the school in Beauval, Saskatchewan.

A portrait of Reverend R. Hunt from the "Report on Indian Missions, 1909." Reverend Hunt was an Anglican clergyman at Stanley Mission, SK in the mid-nineteenth century.

Historical note:

Reverend Hunt oversaw the construction of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Stanley Mission between 1854 and 1860, today the oldest standing building in the province. See also S-B6546.

On back: "The Rev. Fr. Léonce De Heutrevant, OMI. Preist-Missionary Notre Dame de Lourdes Mission - Paulatuk, NWT. 83 yrs old now."

Black and white photograph of Reverend H. Ellis, the principal of the Anglican Indian industrial school at Onion Lake.

A group photograph of Reverend J.A. MacKay and other unnamed Anglican Clergy, presumably from Western Canada. No date given.

File contains papers relating to the causes of the uprising of 1885 in the Saskatchewan District.

He describes the movement of the Dakota Sioux to Canada. He also mentions various plants used for medicine

Rod Bishop was raised in Green Lake, Saskatchewan Upon returning to Saskatchewan in the early 1960s, he became involved in the reorganization of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan and was vice president of the amalgamated Metis Society.

A photograph of the Roman Catholic Residential School in Onion Lake, North West Territories. The Aboriginal girls stand on the left with four nuns, the boys on the right with one priest. The children all wear matching uniforms.

A panorama photograph of the Roman Catholic Mission in Onion Lake North West Territories circa 1890. The Church, residential school and outbuildings are visible. A rail fence surrounds the property.

A photograph of the Roman Catholic Residential School, Onion Lake in the 1890s. A large group of students stand in front of the school dressed in western clothing. Several of the girls wear matching dresses. A group of four nuns and a non-Aboriginal woman and boy are at the right. An Aboriginal family with baby and small girl are at far left and three priests in black robes stand between them and the students.

An aerial photograph of the Roman Catholic residential school in Onion Lake, probably taken in the 1950s.

The interview is an account of Ron J. Camponi's life.