Isolated from their homes, punished for speaking in their own language children become distanced from their culture. As Reimer says, “… the residential school experience left students feeling alienated from their community, creating generation gaps. Prolonged and repeated periods of separation between parents and children living in different worlds resulted in an inability to communicate in terms of language, but more-so in terms of not being able to connect and relate to each other. “ This experiences resulted in loss of culture , identity , spirituality and nation; besides , or Aboriginal people it wasn’t an abrupt event, but continued in one form or another through centuries of intense pain and suffering, In conclusion, we can easily see from these few examples, just some of the negative effects of residential schools , not only on their students but on entire Aboriginal society . Tragically, the effects of residential schools and issues of the native community will take generation to
Canadian Identity ideas Canadian history is the story of our past. It’s the past of the people of Canada(your relatives, your grandparents, your ancestors. If you didn’t know anything about the past or recall any of your memories, how would you know who you are? How would you determine what to do or where go to? What motivation would you have to live?
Canadian federalism is a political system in which the powers of the country are divided between the federal government and the provincial government. This was mainly to diffuse historical tensions between the French and English citizens and to create a system that limits the misuse of authority within government. The Canadian Parliament was originally designed identically like that of the British Westminster. However, due to unique circumstances in which Canada experienced prior to confederation, the Canadian political system has evolved to fit Canada's unique
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The Canadian government is doing its best to help rebuild the native culture through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission which was created to help former students. From residential schools Canada has gained a “this will never happen again” attitude, and from this, Canada has solidified itself as the multicultural country that people view Canada as
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Essay option: Referring to the articles “Unless They Are Kept Alive” and “The Holocaust of First Nation People,” write an essay on the residential school system. Choose one aspect, such as the purpose of the schools, the long-term impact for the students, or the impact on families, as the focus of your paper. The residential school system is a method used by Canadian government to assimilate Native people into the mainstream society. Run by churches, the system is funded in 19th century, where the Canadian government believed it was their responsible for educating Native people. The government claims that education gives the Native children a better chance of success, while the real purpose of the school was to mould their behavior, believes and lifestyle in a particular way.
Running Header: RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS Student’s Name: Instructor’s Name: Course: Date: RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS The phrase First Nations is/was used commonly by Canadian Aboriginal people designated as Indians by the Indian Act. The Assembly of First Nations was formed in 1982 to give voice and directions to issues affecting First Nations across the country (The Assembly of First Nations, 2011). Some of the problems that faced the First Nations included lack of residential schools. These were Canadian boarding schools that were first formed by the French Roman Catholics in 1600s. During this time their primary objective was to convert First Nation children to Christianity (Milloy,
The Aboriginal people lost their culture, their language, their sense of which they are, and their parenting skills. All of this leads to a lack of coping skills, which intern leads to substance abuse, physical abuse, and poverty, which is handed down, from one generation to the next. So generation after generation, Aboriginal children live in poverty, surrounding by violence, surrounding by substance abuse, and the lack of education or help to pull themselves out of the society they live in. This leads young children and adolescents into the gang life. The one place in the world where they feel a sense of belonging and the one place they seem to have some power and control over their destiny.