Churches

Book reviews of: Father Meme and Shrouds of White Earth both by Gerald Vizenor. Scroll to page 116 for article.

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.

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.

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.

Discusses similarities and differences between Canada's residential schools and the practice of fostering out Native American children to Mormon homes.

Correspondence relating to repairs on flooded reserve, the building of a Catholic Church on reserve lands, land rented to the reserve, the sale of reserve lands, the building of a school, and issues about a lease of reserve land.

Articles relating to: children in non-aboriginal schools, the status of indigenous persons, Diefenbaker's honorary degree from Dalhousie University, an issue of Indian Outlook, a copy of the first bulletin of the Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada, and the work of Anglican missionaries.

The interview includes discussion concerning home, work and social situations.

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).

Examines John Siebert's conclusions minimizing residential school claims of loss of culture, society and how this has increased the animosity.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.7.

Grave marker of Rev. John Richard Matheson (1848-1916), Missionary in charge of the St. Barnabas Anglican Mission at Onion Lake. He was also the husband of Elizabeth Beckett Matheson, a doctor who served the Onion Lake district. Also listed on the marker are Edith and Baby Jack, children of the Mathesons.

View of Catholic cemetery at Onion Lake, Saskatchewan.

Two views of grave markers at the Catholic cemetery at Onion Lake, Saskatchewan.

Image of exterior of Holy Rosary Catholic Church at Onion Lake.

Historical note:

This church burned to the ground on 22 December 1998.

Theological Thesis (M.T.S.)--St. Stephen's College, 1994.

Legal Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1997.

Discusses the crimes against humanity in Indian residential schools and appropriate measures that could be implemented to address those injustices.

Image of the Fish Creek Roman Catholic Church, facing south.

Alvin Tolley, an Algonquin who attended a residential school, forms Organization of United Reborn Survivors with the goal of forming alliance with churches to demand establishment of independent tribunal.

Father Charles Gamache recalls fifty-four years in Fond du Lac. Page one: portrait of Father Charles Gamache and Brother Jean Marie Labonte. Page two: picture of church.

Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior, replacement for the diocese that folded under financial strain of residential school settlements, asks to be allowed to elect an assistant bishop.

Discusses the donation a former student of the Elkhorn Indian Residential School has made to a homeless shelter in Winnipeg.

Bishop Gordon Beardy voices objections to parts of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) at Ontario hearing.

A photograph of the Anglican Church in the Fort Pitt District between Onion Lake Reserve and the town of Frenchman Butte Saskatchewan.

Historical note:

This photograph is part of a collection of images used by Reg Taylor of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in an article he wrote which featured William Bleasdell Cameron, a survivor of the so-called Frog Lake Massacre, 2 April 1885. The article appeared in the Star Phoenix October 23, 1947.

Based on Horden's journals and correspondence with author-editor Beatric Batty, originally published in 1893, includes Victorian perspective on Moosonee and Whale River.

Reminiscences of W.J. Carter on life in the early Canadian North-west. Includes a wealth of material on First Nations, the Northwest Resistance, Metis (French and English), and early European settlement in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Historical note:

W.J. Carter was a carpenter in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (NWT).

Concerns voiced that nickel mine project could prove disastrous for the region's environment and people. Activists want land claims settled before development moves forward.

Talks of Indian attitudes to treaty promises, reserves, missionaries.

Arts Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2017.

File contains a leaflet with the pictures of the two catholic priests killed in the so-called Frog Lake "massacre" on 2 April 1885, Fathers Marchand and Fafard. The caption reads "Les Martyrs du Lac La Grenouille" (The martyrs of Frog Lake).

Describes the circumstances under which the religious sect forced the Christian family from their traditional lands.

Examines the history, structure, and practice of the missionary schools (and the later public schools) and their role in providing colonial education to Métis and settler students with the intent to civilized them, and by extension their families. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 22.

Discusses the ideas of appropriation of voice and musical authenticity as they relate to two works, Stolen Life: the Journey of a Cree Woman (by Yvonne Johnson and Rudy Wiebe) and the Mennonite hymn book, Hymnal: A Worship Book.

Comments on six principles of operation in order for the Church to remain relevant in Aboriginal society. Presented to the Association of American Geographers April 15, 2008.

Huron diocese sets goal of $250, 000 for costs arising from residential schools lawsuits.

Outlines status of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Fund.

Discusses deeper meaning of assimilation policies as factors of Indian schooling based on 3 perspectives; Protestant ideology, civilized versus savage paradigm, and land quest of whites.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Portland State University, 2004.

Includes a preface signed: Joseph Caryl.

Residential schools healing fund helps to fund development of Kwak'wala hymn book incorporating both orthography systems so young and old are able to use same book.

Conference sponsored by Assembly of First Nations and the law faculty of the University of Calgary explores the aftereffects of residential schools.

Anglican church to appeal B.C. Supreme Court decision that held church liable for 60 per cent of settlement for sexual abuse that took place at St. George's Indian Residential School in Lytton, B.C.

Discusses using the term cultural genocide for the legacy of the residential school system and its legal, social, and political implications.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he talks about his childhood and lack of schooling, his development of horsemanship, his membership in holy societies and his alcoholism.

A photo of the girl's dormitory of the old Anglican Mission school at La Ronge in August 1919. This school was destroyed by fire in March 1920 and a new one built. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.

Theology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Providence College and Seminary, 2000.

Looks at the men sent to spread the word west, Rev. Dr. Thomas Davidson and Rev. Thomas Baldwin.