History
Century in which the Europeans began to colonize Indigenous Land
the 1800s
The meaning of the acronym 'MMIW'
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
The purpose of the Residential School system?
To 'assimilate' Indigenous children into ideal Eurocentric society
Name of the Act passed used to control and assimilate Indigenous by the Canadian government
The Indian Act
Name of the term used to describe commodifying other's culture as your own.
Cultural Appropriation
The decade in which the last Residential School closed down?
The 1990s
European disease that killed many Indigenous in the process of colonization.
Smallpox
Percentage of increase in hate crimes against Indigenous peoples between 2016 and 2018
17%
The name of the day used to bring awareness to Residential Schools?
Orange Shirt Day
98%
Most commonly culturally appropriated piece of Indigenous clothing
The Headdress
Name of the residential school survivor that started the commemoration of all residential school survivors.
Phyllis Webstad