Residential+Schools

Based on our discussions, Stephen Harper's apology, Muffin's For Granny Documentary and our guest speaker, Lorna Crowshoe answer the following questions for Residential Schools:

1. What is the purpose of this school? Christian, Jeremy, Mark To remove students and to assimulate the first nations into the European ways of life. "To kill the indian inside the child". Children were not allowed to use language or culture

2. What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters? What is valued in this form of schooling? Christian, Jeremy, Mark Like a jail cell. Beds were not comfortable, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse prominent. Decor was not present.

3. What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued? Christian, Jeremy, Mark To relieve the First Nations of the culture and language. To keep First Nations from inquiring about their heritage, or why the Europeans are even there.

4. How is success determined in this form of schooling? Christian, Jeremy, Mark First Nations lose their culture and do not continue to practice it.

Mircea, Patrick and Emily Questions: 1. What is the purpose of this school? To kill the Indian in the Child To get ride of their Indian ways To educate them like Europeans

2. What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters? What is valued in this form of schooling? It looks like a prison Nothing was Indian To transform them into "real" Canadians It was a very religious place towards the European and Canadian culture, so they could transform the First Nations. It was located in a non-rural area, meaning it was in the middle of nowhere with no civilization for miles.

3. What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued?

4. How is success determined in this form of schooling?