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Historical Overview - - - - - - - Canada's Residential Schools Historical Perspective Department of Indian Affairs The Residential School System Canada's Response Report on Institutional Child Abuse Healing the Past Addressing the Legacy of Physical and Sexual Abuse in Indian Residential Schools - - - ADVERTISE HERE! Turtle Island Native Network Two MILLION Hits a Month and . . . Growing! You are Invited to Advertise Here to Support this independent, Aboriginal - Owned and Operated news and information network. Your support can help us continue to operate Turtle Island Native Network. Your contribution is appreciated. You or your group will be profiled here as a donor or sponsor. Please Send Your Cheque or Money Order Payable to: Bob Kennedy 22-1976 Glenidle Road Sooke, British Columbia, CANADA V9Z0B1 Enter your search terms Submit search form   Google turtleisland.org - - - - - - - "Facing the Legacy of Indian and Inuit Residential Schools in Canada: International Lessons in Truth, Reparation, and Reconciliation" International Center for Transitional Justice - - - - - - - Schooled in Shame 13-part TV series Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools Where Are The Children? Education and Awareness Legacy of Hope $350 Million-Plus! for Projects Aboriginal Healing Foundation You Can Participate National Day of Healing and Reconciliation In Their Own Words Survivors of Abuse Share Their Stories Expressions of Aboriginal Youth Residential School Healing and Cultural Awareness Indian Residential School Museum of Canada Four Worlds Residential School Healing Program Returning to Spirit Residential School Healing and Reconciliation British Columbia Indian Residential School Survivors Society Gitxsan Spirit Residential School Society ITHA's First Nations House of Healing Lejac School Survivors Ontario Residential Schools Network The Shingwauk Project Pelican Falls Residential School Video Production Monument at Walpole Island First Nation Topahdewin: The Gladys Cook Story Documentary Film Residential School Survivors Workbook COURT CASES Canada Primarily Responsible but Church also Responsible Supreme Court of Canada October 21, 2005 Past Abuse and Loss of Earnings Supreme Court of Canada April 2005 Blackwater vs Plint BC Court of Appeal December 2003 Blackwater et al v. Plint et al BC Supreme Court July 2001 Vicarious Liability The Case Against Arthur Plint The United Church and Canada June 1998 RELEVANT CASE LAW T.W.N.A. v. Canada / Indian Affairs BC Court of Appeal December 5, 2003 Trilogy of decisions K.L.B. v. British Columbia Supreme Court of Canada Liability and the abuse of children by foster parents October 2, 2003 E.D.G. v. Hammer Supreme Court of Canada Liability and sexual abuse by school staff October 2, 2003 M.B. v. British Columbia Supreme Court of Canada Liability for sexual abuse of foster child October 2, 2003 ------- E.B. v. Order of Oblates BC Court of Appeal May, 2003 E.B. v. Order of Oblates BC Supreme Court Decision Christie Indian Residential School December, 2001 Native Law Legal Resources Residential School Claims Do YOU Have a Claim? Lawsuits Baxter National Class Action Mohawk Institute Cloud Class Action Indian Residential School Claims Alberta American Lawsuit Indian Boarding Schools Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Intergenerational Links to Residential Schools .pdf file Genocide Indian Residential Schools and Indian Boarding Schools Kill the Indian, Save the Man The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools Guidelines For Lawyers Acting for Survivors of Indian Residential Schools Dealing with the Burden of Proof Proving or Disproving that Abuse Occurred Personal Injury Claims Representing Aboriginal Plaintiffs in Personal Injury Actions "Acknowledging the past is the only way to allow us to move forward with dignity." ... Nathalie Des Rosiers, President, Law Commission of Canada, August 15, 2001 Inkameep Day School Art Collection Historic Perspective Mi'kmaq at Indian Residential School APOLOGIES Canada's apology to the Nuu-chah-nulth Anglican Church Apology Presbyterian Church Confession Oblates Apologize This is a .pdf file United Church Apology Catholic Church Apology 1992 .pdf OTHER COURT CASES March 2002 BC Supreme Court rules against Homalco First Nation woman Hilda Francis who said she was raped repeatedly at Sechelt Indian Residential School Floyd Stephen Mowatt,vs the Anglican Church and Canada BC Supreme Court Indian Residential Schools background cited at sentencing of three Aboriginal men who killed Douglas Gormley in Kamloops Survivors of Clergy Abuse Indian Residential School Films Anglican Church Indian Residential Schools Resources Anglican Church must take responsibility for aboriginal claims Archdeacon Jim Boyles, General Secretary, Anglican Curch of Canada Presbyterian Church Indian Residential School Resources Catholics and Indian Residential Schools United Church Indian Residential School News Teaching Resources -Recommended for Grade 10 Children Left Behind The Dark Legacy of Indian Mission Boarding Schools Tim Giago - - - - - - - Mary Fortier - - - - - - - Haig-Brown, Celia. (1988). Resistance and Renewal : Surviving the Indian Residential School. Vancouver. Tillacum Library, Arsenal Pulp Press Ltd. 0-88978-189-3. "The elimination of language has always been a primary stage in a process of cultural genocide. This was the primary function of the residential school. My father was physically tortured by his teachers for speaking Tseshaht: they pushed sewing needles through his tongue, a routine punishment for language offenders The needle tortures suffered by my father affected all my family. My dad's attitude was "why teach my children Indian if they are going to be punished for speaking it?" (Randy Fred, p. 16). This collection of First Nations Peoples stories and views on the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia serves two main purposes. First, to provide a written history of the residential school system in Canada, from the perspective of First Nations Peoples themselves, not as a rationale by government or missionaries. Second, the book sets out to provide a limited overview on the evolution of First Nations Peoples Education in Canada. Despite the wide-spread injustices that First Nations students faced, what is of particular interest in this book is the First Nations resistance movement that developed against the residential schools for control over their own education and destiny. Native Residential Schools in Canada: A Selective Bibliography Brainwashing and Boarding Schools: Undoing the Shameful Legacy Remembering Our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience The Reservation Boarding School System in the United States 1870 -1928 Carlisle Indian Industrial School Boarding Schools, Sexual Abuse and Suicide The Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE Framework for a Church Response NOTE this is a .pdf file The Legacy of Indian Residential Schools Residential Schools SEARCH For more survivors' stories, see: BACKGROUND INFORMATION Front Page | Discussion | Education | News | Healing and Wellness Contact | Resources | Communities | Business | Culture Legal Notice © All contents are copyright 1998 - 2008 No material from this site may be reproduced, modified, republished, transmitted or distributed in any way without the owner's prior approval. All Rights Reserved by Tehaliwaskenhas Bob Kennedy This is a Native Owned and Operated Web Site