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    The document summarizes a presentation about the history of Indian Residential Schools in Canada from 1879 to 1986. It discusses how the schools were created to assimilate Indigenous children by separating them from their families and cultures. The explicit goal of the schools was to "kill the Indian in the child." Over 150,000 Indigenous children attended these schools where many faced abuse, malnutrition, and poor conditions. The document also examines the intergenerational trauma caused by the schools and the ongoing reconciliation efforts, including the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement and Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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    The document summarizes a presentation about the history of Indian Residential Schools in Canada from 1879 to 1986. It discusses how the schools were created to assimilate Indigenous children by separating them from their families and cultures. The explicit goal of the schools was to "kill the Indian in the child." Over 150,000 Indigenous children attended these schools where many faced abuse, malnutrition, and poor conditions. The document also examines the intergenerational trauma caused by the schools and the ongoing reconciliation efforts, including the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement and Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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    The Indian Residential Schools:

    A History
    1879 - 1986

    Course: Aboriginal Law 5325A


    Faculty: Professor Michael Coyle

    Presentation
    October 2, 2013

    Shirley Wales
    Why were the Indian Residential Schools Created?
    Source: http://www.attendancemarketing.com/~attmk/TRC_jd/ResSchoolHistory_2012_02_24_Webposting.pdf

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 2


    Any Other Goals ? . . .

    “to kill the Indian in the


    child”

    Source: http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/index.php?p=39
    Source: http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=2149
    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 3
    And More . . .
    Source: http://www.attendancemarketing.com/~attmk/TRC_jd/ResSchoolHistory_2012_02_24_Webposting.pdf

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 4


    Source: http://www.attendancemarketing.com/~attmk/TRC_jd/ResSchoolHistory_2012_02_24_Webposting.pdf

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 5


    The Indian Residential Schools and Colonialism
    Source: http://www.attendancemarketing.com/~attmk/TRC_jd/ResSchoolHistory_2012_02_24_Webposting.pdf

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 6


    Another Goal? Conclusion of the Truth and Reconciliation
    Commission
    Source:
    http://www.attendancemarketing.com/~attmk/TRC_jd/Interim_report_English_electronic_copy.pdf

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 7


    Source: http://www.attendancemarketing.com/~attmk/TRC_jd/ResSchoolHistory_2012_02_24_Webposting.pdf

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 8


    By Land and By Water . . .

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 9


    Source: http://www.attendancemarketing.com/~attmk/TRC_jd/ResSchoolHistory_2012_02_24_Webposting.pdf

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 10


    Where Did They Take Them?
    Source: http://www.attendancemarketing.com/~attmk/TRC_jd/ResSchoolHistory_2012_02_24_Webposting.pdf

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 11


    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 12
    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 13
    Source: : http://www.attendancemarketing.com/~attmk/TRC_jd/ResSchoolHistory_2012_02_24_Webposting.pdf

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 14


    Source: : http://www.attendancemarketing.com/~attmk/TRC_jd/ResSchoolHistory_2012_02_24_Webposting.pdf

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 15


    What Happened at the Schools?
    To Quote the Prime Minister
    . . . The government now recognizes that the consequences of the Indian
    Residential Schools policy were profoundly negative and that this policy has had
    a lasting and damaging impact on Aboriginal culture, heritage and language.
    While some former students have spoken positively about their experiences at
    residential schools, these stories are far overshadowed by tragic accounts of the
    emotional, physical and sexual abuse and neglect of helpless children, and their
    separation from powerless families and communities.

    The legacy of Indian Residential Schools has contributed to social problems that
    continue to exist in many communities today.. . . (emphasis added)
    Source: http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=2149

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 16


    Some Personal Accounts

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 17


    The Latest Revelations: Systemic Starvation

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 18


    And What Has Been Done About It?

    Individual
    Class Lawsuits
    Action

    Land
    Claims

    The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement 2008

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 19


    What Did the Survivors Get?

    Apology

    Common
    Experience Truth and
    Payment Remedies Reconciliation
    $ Commission

    ADR / Independent
    Assessment Process Claims
    $

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 20


    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 21
    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 22
    What is the Point of the Truth and Reconciliation
    Commission?

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 23


    So how does this topic relate to our course?

    Aboriginal
    • Hunting / fishing, etc.
    • May include title to land
    Rights

    Aboriginal
    • Somewhat like fee simple
    • Only alienate to Crown
    Title • “Sui Generis”

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 24


    How are Aboriginal Rights and Title Proven?
    84                              This appeal requires us to apply not only the
    first principle in Van der Peet but the second principle as well, and adapt the
    laws of evidence so that the aboriginal perspective on their practices, customs
    and traditions and on their relationship with the land, are given due weight by the
    courts.  In practical terms, this requires the courts to come to terms with the oral
    histories of aboriginal societies, which, for many aboriginal nations, are the only
    record of their past.  Given that the aboriginal rights recognized and affirmed by
    s. 35(1) are defined by  reference to pre-contact practices or, as I will develop
    below, in the case of title, pre-sovereignty occupation, those histories play a
    crucial role in the litigation of aboriginal rights. (emphasis added)

    Delgamuukw v. British Columbia, [1997] 3 SCR 1010, at par. 84 per Lamer C.J.

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 25


    Did the Indian Residential Schools have any impact on the
    availability of evidence?
    Source: http://www.attendancemarketing.com/~attmk/TRC_jd/Interim_report_English_electronic_copy.pdf

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 26


    Additional Resource:

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales Slide 27


    Credits: They Came for the Children:
    Canada, Aboriginal Peoples, and
    Truth and Reconciliation Residential Schools
    Interim Report 2012

    Aboriginal Law 5325 - Presentation - Shirley Wales 28

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