What we learned: Two Generations Reflect on Tsimshian Education and the Day Schools
The legacy of residential schools has haunted Canadians, yet little is known about the day and public schools where most Indigenous children were sent to be educated. In What We Learned, two generations of Tsimshian students – elders born in the 1930s and 1940s and middle-aged adults born in the 1950s and 1960s – add […]
Wawahte Indian Residential Schools
“Wawahte: Indian Residential Schools recounts the life experiences of three Indian residential school survivors, as told to Kingston author Robert Wells, a retired Ontario Conservation Officer. Robert Wells made a promise to an Elder in his childhood that one day he would tell the stories of his three friends Esther Faries, Bunny Galvin and Stanley […]
Valley of the Birdtail : An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation
“A heart-rending true story about racial injustice, residential schools and a path forward. Divided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the Waywayseecappo reserve and the town of Rossburn have been neighbours for nearly as long as Canada has been a country. Their story reflects much of what has gone wrong in relations […]
Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History
“After being separated from his family at age seven, Metatawabin was assigned a number and stripped of his Cree identity. At his residential school, St. Anne’s in northern Ontario—one of the worst in Canada—he was physically and emotionally abused, and was sexually abused by one of the staff. Leaving high school, he turned to alcohol […]
Two Plays about Residential School
“Two Plays About Residential School (Indigenous Education Press) honours the fearless voices of residential school survivor Larry Loyie (Cree, 1933-2016) and intergenerational survivor Vera Manuel (Secwepemc / Ktunaxa, 1949-2010). In the early 1990s, these award-winning authors wrote about their individual experiences of residential schools. The plays were staged a decade before Canada apologized for the […]