Residential Schools

Residential Schools

Resources

• Residential school resources from the Indigenous Education Department
• The Syilx Residential School Experience
• Book: Take the Indian Out of the Child
• UBCO Co-Curricular Making Webpage - We must always be mindful of seeing first through the lens of the Syilx, foregrounding the Syilx voice.
• ResourcesDigital provocations
• FNESC Gr 5, Gr 10, Gr 11-12
• Indigenous Stories & Reconciliation
• CBC Indian Act Teaching Guide
• The Secret Path: videos & cards
• Gladys: We Never Knew (e-book) & resource links
• Projet du Couer & resources
• 10 stories: residential schools
• Website: The Bryce Report @ 100: Reconciling With a National Crime
• 1906-1910: The Bryce Report

Resources

• They Came For The Children: English & French
• Forgotten: Metis Experience
• Article: Residential Schools: What We Know About Their History & How Many Died
• 100 years of loss - Residential Schools Timeline & Condensed Version
• We Were So Far Away: The Inuit Experience of Residential Schools
• Every Child Matters PDF in English & French
• Indigenous Provocation Wakelet - Celebrating Indigenous Brilliance & Successes and Investigating Indigenous Suffering & Trauma
• Residential Schools Learning Activities
• Residential Schools of Canada Map
• National Center for Truth & Reconciliation: Residential School History

Witness Blanket

• Webpage - About the Project: Witness Blanket
• Video: Witness Blanket Documentary
• Webpage: Zoom in to explore the Witness Blanket
• Webpage: Picking up the Pieces - The Making of the Witness Blanket
• App: Witness Blanket App
• Video: Picking up the Pieces - The Making of the Witness Blanket
• Book: Picking up the Pieces - Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket
• Video: Witness Blanket - Virtual Tour
• Video: Interview with Artist Carey Newman
• Witnessing the Blanket Session Through a Local Lens - Jan 24, 2022: Recording of Webinar and slide deck
• Video: Kelowna Art Gallery - An Evening With Carey Newman - Artist Talk
• Slide Deck: Witness Blanket Provocation to use with students
• Video: Dr. Bill Cohen: Syilx Scholar, Dr. Bill Cohen, tells the story of Snk’lip (Coyote) and Eagle, a story of Syilx Captikʷɬ in which Fox breathes life back into Snk’lip. May you find empowerment in the teachings where Fox 'gathers the bits' in a way not unlike 'picking up the pieces' of the Witness Blanket. Such Ways of being provide hope for transformation.

Video Resources

*please screen all videos before viewing with students

• Dr. Bill Cohen: Syilx Scholar, Dr. Bill Cohen, tells the story of Snk’lip (Coyote) and Eagle, a story of Syilx Captikʷɬ in which Fox breathes life back into Snk’lip. May you find empowerment in the teachings where Fox 'gathers the bits' in a way not unlike 'picking up the pieces' of the Witness Blanket. Such Ways of being provide hope for transformation.
• Talking to Kids About Residential Schools
• Residential Schools and Residential School Survivors: video playlist created by the Indigenous Education Department
• A Stand For Justice (local syilx experience)
• Stolen Children: Residential School Survivors Speak Out
• Video: Shi-shi-etko story
• Video: Weykt Xexwey Step by Talise Seymour (ongoing impacts - Kamloops, 2020)
• Wawahte: Stories of Residential School Survivors - FULL DOCUMENTARY
• Video: Canada’s Dark Secret
• Heritage Minutes: Chanie Wenjack
• Trailer: We are Still Here
• Video: Hunger in Residential Schools
• The Secret Path: videos & cards
• Videos: Every Child Matters: Reconciliation - Act 1 & 2 & Teacher’s Guide

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