An explanation of the trauma that has has been passed down through generations because of residential school experiences. The author explains that churches needs to acknowledge the role their institutions played in these schools and become part of the healing process. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Anna Hall. “Time for Acknowledgement: Christian-Run Native […]
An excerpt from a paper written by Capt. Richard H. Pratt, founder of the Carlisle Indian School on the purpose his school would serve in “civilizing” Native American students. In the letter he justifies his reasons for having Native American children attend Carlisle. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Official Report of the Nineteenth […]
A digital archive that holds the stories of residential school survivors is now available to the public. Ry Moran, director of the National Center for Truth and Reconciliation says there are over 200 terabytes of information to sort through. That includes 7000 statements, five million documents from governments, churches, and schools, 35,000 photos and all […]
A film is going to be made about Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and focuses on an Ojibwe student who is brought to the school and stripped of this culture. Native American actors will be cast in the film. Producer Robert Redford says he believes this film will be significant to Native Americans. Read Article Here […]
Canadian Justice Murray Sinclair has said the entire country must embark on a journey to repair the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau echoed a similar sentiment which was met with applause. Trudeau said it is time to renew the relationship between Canada and the Indigenous population. Justice Murray Sinclair discussed the […]
Over 3000 children died in residential schools in Canada, although the number is likely much higher because deaths were not properly recorded. Diseases often spread through the school and some students who were abused committed suicide. The bodies of students were often buried in unmarked graves. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: National Post. […]
Aboriginal children were more likely to die at residential school than non-Aboriginal children. The children were often buried in unmarked graves. According to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 3200 students died in residential schools from 1867-2000. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Marlene Leung. “Aboriginal children at residential school often buried in unmarked graves, […]
Preston McBride, a graduate of a master’s program at Dartmouth, explains how the history of deaths at Carlisle Indian School is “whitewashed” and underplayed in historical accounts. According to McBride the motivation to keep the conditions at the school under wraps was directly tied to Pratt’s intention to expand this model of assimilation to the rest […]
A history of boarding schools in Santa Fe, NM and how they evolved into a less abusive educational system over time. Initially scholars described these schools as “labor camps” or experiments in modified slavery, but eventually became schools with Native American staff who genuinely care about the wellbeing of their students. Read Article Here Read […]
An interview with Dennis Banks of the Ojibwe tribe who discusses Indian Boarding Schools being overlooked in the US. Banks describes the program as “de-Indianizing” via cultural genocide. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Democracy Now. “Native American Leader Dennis Banks on the Overlooked Tragedy of Nation’s Indian Boarding Schools.” October 8, 2012. https://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/8/native_american_leader_dennis_banks_on#.UZbdWBddz94.facebook
A non-Indigenous Canadian explains how Canadians must take responsibility for theirs country’s history of racism and colonialism that led to residential schools in Canada. It is important that settler Canadians not only take responsibility for the history of residential schools, but also for the socioeconomic struggles that Indigenous communities continue to experience due to their […]
Joan Crate tells the story of a young Blackfoot girl name Sinopaki who was forced to attend residential school in a novel called “Black Apple.” In the story, Sinopaki was stripped entirely of her culture and her name until her previously life became an unfamiliar, distant memory. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: […]
