Grade 8
Spirit and Intent
Books
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100 Years of Loss: The Residential School System in Canada: Teacher's Guide.100 Years of Loss is a curriculum resource designed to provide teachers with lessons and activities in order to teach about the issue of Residential Schools and their on-going impacts. There is a DVD supplied with this resource which includes all of the videos necessary to deliver the lessons.
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Legacy of Hope Foundation (2011). 100 Years of Loss: The Residential School System in Canada. Ottawa, ON: Legacy of Hope Foundation.
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"...And They Told Us Their Stories"The introduction by Chief Harry Lafond sets the context for the stories collected from community members by Shirley Bear, George Sutherland, Carol Lafond, Carol Machiskinic, Marina Smokeyday. Christine Baldhead, Peter PeeAce, Gordon Royal and Leona Daniels. Very readable and informative, this is a resource of personal reflections that will contribute significantly to learning (Publisher).
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Funk, J., & Lobe, G. (Eds.). (1991). "...And they told us their stories": A book of Indian stories. Saskatoon, SK: Saskatoon District Tribal Council.
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Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan: Our Dream is that Our People Will One Day Be Recognized as NationsTreaty Elders of Saskatchewan brings together the voices many Saskatchewan elders to provide a truly Indigenous perspective on treaties and treaty rights. The result of a number of Treaty Elders forums, this is a readable and highly informative book that places the voices of Indigenous Elders first. The comments recorded here provide a wealth of context and understanding for wide-ranging topics ranging from conceptions of the land, living together, scared promises to one another, and evolving interpretations of Treaty Rights. (Publisher)
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Cardinal, H. & Hildebrandt, W. (2000). Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan: Our Dream is That Our People Will One Day Be Recognized as Nations. Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press
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Treaty Essentials Learnings: We Are All Treaty PeopleThe document outlines six treaty essential learnings (TELs): treaties, historical context of the treaties, treaty relationship, First Nations and their worldview, symbolism in treaty making, and vision for the new millennium: contemporary treaty issues. The TELs were developed as a guide to understanding Teaching Treaties in the Classroom and to assist in increasing knowledge of the treaties in Saskatchewan.
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Office of the Treaty Commissioner. Treaty Essential Learnings: We Are All Treaty People. Saskatoon, SK: Office of the treaty Commissioner.
Videos
100 Years of Loss: Legacy of Hope Videos (5).
1. Legacy of Hope Foundation See how the Legacy of Hope Foundation is educating Canadians on the history of Indian Residential Schools. This video was produced by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada and was filmed in October 2013.
2. Our Stories… Our Strength One of the Legacy of Hope Foundation’s largest and most important projects has been Our Stories… Our Strength, a national commemoration and education project that collects, organizes and shares the stories of Residential School Survivors and others affected by residential schools. Hear the powerful and moving interview excerpts from two Residential School Survivors.
3. We Were So Far Away Eight Survivors, two from each of the Inuit geographic regions – Nunavik, Nunavut, Nunatsiavut and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region – courageously and generously shared their stories with the LHF in May 2008.
4. Where are the Children This video accompanies the Where are the Children? exhibition and includes Survivor testimony and provides an introduction to the Indian Residential School System.
5. The Day of the Apology A video which provides highlights of June 11, 2008, the day the Prime Minister of Canada issued an apology for the Indian Residential Schools system.
1. Legacy of Hope Foundation See how the Legacy of Hope Foundation is educating Canadians on the history of Indian Residential Schools. This video was produced by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada and was filmed in October 2013.
2. Our Stories… Our Strength One of the Legacy of Hope Foundation’s largest and most important projects has been Our Stories… Our Strength, a national commemoration and education project that collects, organizes and shares the stories of Residential School Survivors and others affected by residential schools. Hear the powerful and moving interview excerpts from two Residential School Survivors.
3. We Were So Far Away Eight Survivors, two from each of the Inuit geographic regions – Nunavik, Nunavut, Nunatsiavut and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region – courageously and generously shared their stories with the LHF in May 2008.
4. Where are the Children This video accompanies the Where are the Children? exhibition and includes Survivor testimony and provides an introduction to the Indian Residential School System.
5. The Day of the Apology A video which provides highlights of June 11, 2008, the day the Prime Minister of Canada issued an apology for the Indian Residential Schools system.
Legacy of Hope Foundation. 100 Years of Loss: Legacy of Hope Videos. Retrieved from http://100yearsofloss.ca/en/resources/#742
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Reconciliation - Our Shared Path Forward.
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Justice Murray Sinclair: Reconciliation - Our Shared Path Forward (Part 1). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxDf_rejKiQ
‘The Eyes of Children’ - Christmas at a residential school
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Christmas time at the Roman Catholic run Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia.
Original Air Date: December 25, 1962 |
Took the Children Away
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Took the Children Away: A song sung by Australian, Archie Roach about the forcible removal of the children of his people. Pictures are Canadian First Nations Children who were also forcibly removed from their homes in the late 1800's and early to late 1900's.
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Amaagatam Hanaak. Took the Children Away (Video file). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpNSrqsU1eI
Web Posts
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The link is a selection of Survivor stories drawn from the Our Stories…Our Strength video collection. We are grateful to the men and women who have shared their personal and often painful accounts of their experiences of residential school and its legacy. It is by sharing these truths that we can all continue to work toward understanding and healing.
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Legacy of Hope Foundation. Residential School Survivor Stories. Retrieved from http://wherearethechildren.ca/en/stories/
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They Came for the Children (Historical Document)
“ the children properly we must separate them from their families. Some people may say that this is hard but if we want to civilize them we must do that. ” Hector Langevin, Public Works Minister of Canada, 1883
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission. They Came foo the Children. Retrieved from http://www.trc.ca/assets/pdf/resources_2039_T&R_eng_web[1].pdf
