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Module 4 Post 5

This is a link to the Canadian gov’t page for Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. Though the site has a lot of information that does not pertain to residential schools in Canada, there is a fair amount of information here that does pertain to the history and progress being made currently (if we can yet call it progress). A number of links can be found on this site which are beneficial with further researching this topic.

The link goes directly to the page(s) dealing with residential schools.

http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100015576/1100100015577

Module 4 Post 4

At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research is a blog that aims to promote a better understanding of indigenous peoples and the issues they face. This is a 30 minute independent radio documentary on the ‘cultural genocide’ of the residential school system in Canada. The author of the site is a professor at the University of Manitoba.

http://www.attheedgeofcanada.com/2013/11/canadian-indian-residential-schools-as.html

Module 4 Post 2

This is another video, this one with Deputy Grand Council Chief Glen Hare, of Anishinabek Nation. This is part of a 5 video series and discusses the loss of culture and language, and steps being taken towards regaining some of what was lost. The project is called “Honouring Our Children, Families, and Communities Affected by Indian Residential Schools”.

Module 4 Post 1

Looking for some alternatives to online written work, I found some video (lots of video, actually) from the different Truth and Reconciliation commissions (this one from Hobbeme).

Where I’m looking particularly at the loss of culture through the use of residential schools, some interviews will provide some good, first-hand information.

http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Edmonton/ID/2398281934/

Module 3 Post #4

In looking at the impact of the residential schools on the culture of aboriginals in Canada some of the most in-depth and revealing information (no surprise) comes from personal, family and whole community accounts of their experiences.

There is obviously a great deal written on this topic and I am finding some of the best resources are coming out of papers written by others as the information is being ‘honed’ in on. The paper linked below is from a University of Calgary doctoral candidate and he is exploring the post traumatic syndrome (more information linked in my previous posts). In looking at this, he looks closely at the impact on aboriginal culture as children were forbidden to wear their own clothing, speak their own language, forced to pray and into religion, etc.

LINK

Module 3 Post #3

This paper is from the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and deals with resiliency and the legacy of the residential school system. It provides sections pertaining to the distinct impacts on individuals, families and communities – recognising the atrocities inflicted on aboriginals with these forced school systems but also discussing healing and moving forward.

Aboriginal People, Resilience and the Residential School Legacy

Module 3 Post #2

A paper written by Cheryle Partridge detailing the intergenerational impact of residential schools and her own experiences and the experiences of her family. Cheryle discusses what aboriginal education was like before the residential schools, what it was like during, and what she hopes it will continue as for generations to come.

Residential Schools: The Intergenerational Impacts on Aboriginal Peoples

Module 3 Post #1 Residential Schools and Decolonization

Looking more into the effects on culture from the impact of residential schools (in general), there are a number of good resources to consider. This article from the Canadian Journal of Law and Society, titled Introduction: Residential Schools and Decolonization, provides a good introduction (as you would expect from the title) to many of the issues that had such a direct impact on the culture of First Nations children.

Canadian Journal of Law and Society
Volume 27, Number 1, 2012