Residential Schools

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The History

The History

From: Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume One: Summary

Details the history of the residential school system. Puts the history in context of imperialism, colonization, and assimilation. Describes the experience children would have had at the schools. 140 $0.00 Add
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The Legacy

The Legacy

From: Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume One: Summary

Details the legacy of the residential school system in the lives of the Indigenous people of Canada includes the calls to action for each repercussion of the residential school system. 56 $0.00 Add
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The Resistance

The Resistance

From: Resistance and Renewal

People rarely comply fully and easily to the introduction of oppression. Native children also produced counter-cultures in their resistance to the oppressive system which was Kamloops Indian … 27 $0.54 Add
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The Resistance

The Resistance

From: TSQELMUCWÍLC

In Chapter Four the author describes forms of resistance by the students within Kamloops Indian Residential School. ; ; 23 $2.30 Add
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The Shuswap Response to Colonialism

The Shuswap Response to Colonialism

From: Victims of Benevolence

Despite strong opposition, the Shuswap people were forced to adopt the colonial way of living. They were pushed out of their home and discouraged to practice sacred rituals. Ultimately, in 1891, … 24 $0.48 Add
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Timeline

Timeline

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools

A timeline of the events discussed in the book beginning with the opening of the first residential school in 1831 and concluding with the TRC final report and call to action in 2015. 2 $0.20 Add
TSQELMUCWÍLC

TSQELMUCWÍLC

The Kamloops Indian Residential School—Resistance and A Reckoning

"Tsqelmucwilc" (pronounced cha-CAL-mux-weel) is a Secwepemc phrase loosely translated as "We return to being human again." Tsqelmucwilc is the story of those who survived the … ; ; 288 View
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Tsqelmucwílc: We Return To Being Human

Tsqelmucwílc: We Return To Being Human

From: TSQELMUCWÍLC

Chapter Seven provides first hand accounts from individuals who were victims of Kamloops Indian Residential School, touching on how their lives have been shaped by what they endured, and details … ; ; 35 $3.50 Add
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Twentieth-Century Racism and Centralization

Twentieth-Century Racism and Centralization

From: We Were Not The Savages

Chapter 13 focuses on the institutionalisation of racism within the modern Canadian state, explores the role of centralized education, the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School and Indian Day … 53 $5.30 Add
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Vera Styres, Six Nations of the Grand River, Mohawk/Tuscarora

Vera Styres, Six Nations of the Grand River, Mohawk/Tuscarora

“I was a ‘scabby, dirty little Indian.’”

From: How We Go Home

Vera Styres is of the Six Nations of the Grand River and she is of Mohawk/Tuscarora descent. She is a retired social worker. She speaks of her childhood in residential schools, and of coming to … 20 $2.00 Add
Victims of Benevolence

Victims of Benevolence

The Dark Legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School

An unsettling study of two tragic events at an Indian residential school in British Columbia which serve as a microcosm of the profound impact the residential school system had on Aboriginal … 142 View
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Visual Credits

Visual Credits

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools

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