ᐅᐢᑫᐢᑫᐧᐤ ᐸᓯᑯᐃᐧᐣ Oskeskwew Pasikowin New Woman Standing A Play in One Act by Northern Thunderbird Copyright © 2016 Lance D. Morrison Toronto, ON Note This play is a work of fiction. However, many of the situations and stories are taken […]
You have probably heard the phrase “school of choice” used when describing public education options in Michigan, but what about a “school of no choice?” That was the case for many native Michiganders for over a century. With November being […]
By Jaya Vengadesan Courtesy of UCR Today A new book, “Shadows of Sherman Institute,” co-written by UCR professor Clifford Trafzer, highlights the private boarding school life of Native American children through the use of a collection of photos. Native American […]
Gabriel Smarch shared his story of a cycle that is far too common in Indigenous communities. Gabriel Smarch in his apartment in the Kwanlin Dün First Nation, in Whitehorse. He says when he was 8, his school principal, identified in […]
Daisy Munroe says frontman’s visit north to launch project, meet Chanie’s family was appreciated CBC News Posted: Oct 19, 2017 3:04 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 19, 2017 3:09 PM ET Gord Downie’s Secret Path project highlighted the death of […]
The issue pitted privacy against documenting a dark chapter of Canada’s past. 10/06/2017 10:22 EDT | Updated 10/06/2017 14:01 EDT OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says records detailing the abuse of former residential school students can eventually be […]
The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled that first-hand accounts of abuse at residential schools can be destroyed, but columnist Jasmine Kabatay hopes they won’t be. Residential school survivor Geronimo Henry, a Mohawk First Nations member of Six Nations near […]
Augie Merasty was forced to walk 20 miles in subzero weather simply because he lost a mitten and then got the strap when he came back to St. Therese residential school empty-handed. He recounts surviving the abuse of the Manitoba […]
To date, more than 38,000 people have applied for compensation and $3.1 billion has been paid out. And it could take several more years to wrap up On Oct. 7, 2007, Mary Moonias of Louis Bull First Nation, became the […]
by Jeff Gammage, Staff Writer @JeffGammage | jgammage@phillynews.com CARLISLE, Pa. — Nelson White Eagle, gray and stiff at 78, needed time to make his way across the wet grass to the graves of the children, but when he got there, […]
It’s official, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he will formally apologize to residential school survivors from Newfoundland and Labrador. The move brings survivors one step closer to finally having their stories acknowledged. Steven Cooper represented the school survivors in […]
‘There is consensus on this issue and the fact that it is a dark chapter of our history that we need to own,’ said Ray Pennings of the think tank Cardus First Nations children at St. Mary’s Residential School.File Graeme […]
Assiniboia Indian Residential School operated in the River Heights neighbourhood from 1958-72 CBC News Posted: Jun 23, 2017 6:58 PM ET Last Updated: Jun 23, 2017 6:58 PM ET Jane (McCallum) Glennon waits to take a tour of the former […]
We are the Coalition for the Preservation of Truth, whose members are representatives of both residential school survivors and intergenerational residential school survivors. The coalition is formed to advocate for the preservation of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement – […]
My name is Danielle Lanouette, but I go by Dani. I’m an Anishinaabe woman living in Ottawa, Ontario. I’m writing to you, not as anyone affiliated with a political organization, but as the granddaughter of a residential school survivor. The […]
This special edition of The Current is a public forum held at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., across the river from Parliament Hill. The forum explored the work of the national inquiry into MMIWG and connected that […]
Residential School Magazine. Dealing with all aspects of the residential school experience. Featuring stories from survivors, interviews with prominent First Nations and Native American people, and inspirational essays and narratives. Its general tone is to uplift, aid, and inform readers who have been affected by the residential school system.
