Name: September 11‚ 2014 "Residential Schools" Summary The Canadian government wanted to assimilate natives in by putting native children in residential schools. The Canadian government contacted churches to set up residential schools and provided them with funding‚ land and equipment. In 1884‚ the government passed the Indian Act‚ which made it mandatory for all native children under the age of 16 to attend residential schools. During the time between 1890 to 1970’s‚ when residential schools
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Topic: The effects of Indian residential schools Annotated Working Bibliography Bombay. A.‚ Matheson‚ K.‚ & Anisman‚ H. (2011). The impact of stressors on second generation Indian residential school survivors. Transcultural Psychiatry‚ 48 (4)‚ 367-391. doi: 10.1177/1363461511410240 In this article Bombay et.al. writes about the effects of residential schools. Many Native children were forced to attend Indian Residential School (IRS) and suffered trauma‚ neglect‚ abuse‚ and much more
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McClinchey November 7‚ 2012 Aboriginals In Residential Schools In today’s society‚ the residential school system is a place where young children are not only taught math and science‚ but also about equality and discrimination. However‚ a lot has changed since the residential school system was first introduced in Canada. It was once a place where teachers treated students differently depending upon their gender‚ and what their background was; in particular‚ Aboriginals were treated very poorly
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Explain the centrality of the Dreaming and its importance for Aboriginal spirituality. The Aboriginal Dreaming refers to the religious and spiritual beliefs of the aboriginal people of Australia. The dreaming is what they base their traditional lives around‚ the dreaming determines their values and beliefs and their relationships with the animals‚ plants and environment around them. The Dreaming tells the stories that explain their views and beliefs on how the world came to be and its history and
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Steckley‚ J. (2008). White Lies about the Inuit (p. 168). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. In White Lies about the Inuit‚ John Steckley attempts to dismantle many popular “lies” about the Inuit by examining their sources in both academia and in pop culture (Steckley‚ 2008). Why is he qualified to write this book? Steckley‚ who holds a PhD in education from the University of Toronto‚ is also the last known speaker of the Huron language (Goddard‚ 2010). He is clearly an eminent scholar who has
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In Thomas King’s novel‚ Green Grass Running Water‚ one of the most important messages is the need to accurately tell Indigenous Peoples’ history and the importance of fixing problems plaguing them. Throughout the story‚ it is metaphorically referred to as “fixing up this world‚” by the four elders. In their quest to fix the world‚ a creation story is retold many times until they are able to get it right‚ showing the need to accurately represent Indigenous history. The two articles mentioned Canadians
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accounts for the disproportionately high suicide rates among Aboriginal communities? About 17‚500 Canadians committed suicide during the years of 2007 to 2011‚ with 75% of these people being Aboriginal. Furthermore‚ 4.2% of Aboriginal death comes from suicide. Why are these numbers so high? Why are Aboriginals committing suicide? Suicide among Aboriginals is primarily a result of hopelessness and loss of identity. The past of the Aboriginals dictates to them that they have no self-worth‚ and this
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Change Step 1: Aboriginal Poverty From Canada’s Bad Treatment Step 2: Contrary to the popular belief‚ the Aboriginal people in Canada do not live a good life. People may ask‚ then‚ where all the money the Canadian citizens have paid for with their taxes has gone to. Truthfully‚ this is an extremely conceited opinion. People believe that the Aboriginals use most of the funds for drugs and alcohol‚ but this is far from the reality. While it is true that many aboriginals do get intoxicated
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are two distinct Indigenous Australian cultural groups‚ they obtain definite rights as Australia’s First Inhabitants. This is demonstrated in international law. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have preserved a powerful connection to their cultural identity‚ language and traditional lands. They have historically lived on mainland Australia. Australian aborigines have inhabited Australia for over 40‚000 years before European settlement. The Europeans first
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Aboriginal customary laws‚ before white settlement in 1788‚ were considered primitive by the British‚ if considered at all. But Aboriginal laws and customs had lasted hundreds of years‚ based on traditions such as kinship ties and rituals. These laws were formed by ancestors‚ spirits‚ and Aboriginal beliefs‚ and were passed down the generations by word-of-mouth instead of written down. Being over 500 tribes (each with it’s own clans) in Australia at one point‚ there were many variations to their
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