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Boarding School Abuses, Human Rights, and Reparations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Smith
Social Justice, vol. 31, no. 4, Native Women and State Violence, 2004, pp. 89-102
Description
Discussion on the injustices suffered by Aboriginal children in schools, and the compensation offered to address those human rights violations.
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Counting Carlisle's Casualties: Defining Student Death at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, 1879-1918

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Vitale
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 4, Fall, 2020, pp. [383]-414
Description
Using official records from the first and largest off-reservation Indian boarding school in his case study, the author challenges the objectivity of morality rates. Factors such as definition of a student or alumni and including ill students that were discharged before their deaths can change the numbers drastically.
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Nature's Laws

Oral History » Oral Histories
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wayne Roan
Earle Waugh
Toby Zorthian
Description

A collection containing reformatted recordings by Chief Wayne Roan, Earle Waugh, and Toby Zorthian originally located on the Nature's Laws website. This collection examines Indigenous history, culture, and worldviews. Eighty-three video clips are included, varying in length from 10 seconds to 2 minutes and 13 seconds.  

Original Website: Nature's Law - Homepage

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Religion's Role in Native American Boarding Schools

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Christopher Stevenson
Ashley Dreff
Bradley Hauff
Farina King
Brenda J. Child
Christine Diindiisi McCleave
Description

A panel discussion about the role of religion in the Native American boarding schools in the United States.

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Residential Schools

Alternate Title
4 Seasons of Reconciliation: Module Four
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Indigenous Continuing Education Centre, First Nations University of Canada]
Description

Brief overview of the establishment of the school system, impact of students' experiences of physical and psychological abuse, and the subsequent intergenerational trauma.

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Stringing Rosaries: A Qualitative Study of Sixteen Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denise K. Lajimodiere
Journal of Multiculturalism in Education, vol. 8, no. 2, 2012, pp. 1-29
Description
Responses of participants who had attended institutions between 1921 and 1986 are divided into five themes: loss of identity, loss of self-esteem, loneliness, abandonment, and feelings of discomfort when they returned to their communities.
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