a boarding school.
(in Canada) a government-supported boarding school for children from Inuit and other indigenous communities.
What is residential schools
This police force was created in 1863 and their job was to: Clear the land, Displace Indigenous Peoples, Move them onto reserves, and take children away to Residential Schools
What is RCMP
a Canadian act of Parliament that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves
What is The Indian Act
The system in which orphans go to
What is the Foster Care system
leader; most powerful and important person in a group (in an indigenous context)
What is chief
Who is Stephen Harper
Loss of culture, family, identity, language, history, Psychological & Emotional problems, Feelings of not belonging, Inability to find biological families
What are impacts of the sixties scoop
AIM
What is the Adopt Indian and Metis program
Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, and later united churches
What are the Churches that ran the Residential Schools?
actionable policy recommendations meant to aid the healing process
what is the 94 calls to action
an organization with the purpose of documenting the history and lasting impacts of the Canadian Indian residential school system on Indigenous students and their families.
What is the Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
an animated film about Chanie Wenjack, an Indigenous boy, who died trying to escape a residential school to travel home to his family.
What is "The Secret Path"