Blog 5 - Monday, September 27, 2021
This week is about TRUTH & RECONCILIATION.
Reconciliation means fixing the relationship between Canadians and First Nations People.
What do you know about Indian Residential Schools?
What were Indian Residential Schools?
Why were First Nations children sent to Indian Residential Schools?
Who ran the schools?
Why do you think it might be important to learn about Indian Residential Schools?
Explain.
I don’t know every single detail about residential schools. In elementary, we did read a book on it but never really studied it intensely. We talked about the subject when all those graves had been found that day. I was honestly disgusted by our racist past. I don’t understand why people back then were racist and made literal CHILDREN forget their own language, their own religion. Residential schools were for Indigenous children. The schools were run by the Catholic church. Young children were sent there to be educated and convert the children to more of a Canadian society, wanting them to forget about their Indigenous people and land.
ReplyDeleteI think it’s very important to learn about these schools because of what horrible things they did to the children. They cut their long beautiful hair all off. They beat them if they disobeyed the “teachers.” The church barely fed them. I actually think that they were fed nasty porridge and stale bread for their meals. In conclusion, the schools were horrible and I hate how racist the people could be.
I don't really know a lot about the subject of residentials schools but I do know that its kind of like religion school and the kids that go there basically get tortured and some actually die.so they were basically just religious schools that made first nation kids become a certain religion. I think first nation kids got sent there because they wanted to make them have a fresh start on life but they did it in a horrible way.it was the religious nuns that ran the schools. So that we can learn how all of those kids got tortured and some died.
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DeleteWhat I know about residential schools is that they took first nations people from their homes and when they got to their school they took their clothes and then they would bathe them in scalding hot water and cut off all their hair. These schools were run by the churches and they would beat the kids. The schools were very dangerous.They were sent to the schools because the government that was in power wanted everybody to be the same. It's important to learn about the schools because it wasn't fair for them to go through that and the people that went to the residential schools deserve an apology.
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This week is about TRUTH & RECONCILIATION.
ReplyDeleteReconciliation means fixing the relationship between Canadians and First Nations People.
What do you know about Indian Residential Schools?
In grade 5 I learned that Indian residential schools were horrific places. Indian Residential Schools were started with the purpose of teaching Native children to behave in a “civilized” way. The church removed children from their families and communities. These schools stripped first nation children of their culture by cutting their hair, taking away their clothes and bleaching their skin etc.
What were Indian Residential Schools?
Residential schools were schools that forced First Nations children of all ages to learn to be Canadian. The Canadian government and the church were very racist and they believed that First Nation people were savages. They felt that sending them off to these schools would “improve” them.
Why were First Nations children sent to Indian Residential Schools?
Racism is the reason this was done to these children. This would have never happened to white Canadian children. The First Nation people were sent to these schools because it was thought that they could become “better people”. They were forced to speak and learn English & French. The hope was that by removing the children from their communities they would forget about their culture and lifestyle.
Who ran the schools?
The Canadian government and the church.
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Why do you think it might be important to learn about Indian Residential Schools?
It is extremely important to learn about the past so that we don't repeat the same mistakes. It is a good way to inform yourself of the way Canadians mistreated Native people .
ya its really important we know abot it
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What I know about residential schools is that the catholic church (The priests, nuns, etc.) took Indigenous children away from their homes, their culture and religion, their family and community. They would force them to change into a completely different person, changing their whole life, and taking away who they were. They would force them to learn a certain language, religion and culture. They would change their clothes and cut their hair. They would punish and hurt the children, sometimes even leading to death. Many children have died in residential schools, and more and more bodies are being found buried underneath the schools. The living qualities were horrible, and the amount of food given to the children was very poor. The indigenous children were sent to residential schools because the catholic churches wanted them to look, be and behave like them. They wanted them to speak their language and practice their religion. They wanted them to change their whole life just to be like them. The catholic churches ran the residential schools. I think that it is very important to learn and remember all about these residential schools because it was completely horrible everything that happened and this should never happen ever again. We need to remember those who died because there are over 3200 children who died and were buried under these schools, without their family even knowing. Imagine your child, taken away one day, and never returning? How sad and horrible is that? This is why we NEED to learn about these schools and everything that has happened. -Sarah Rubin
ReplyDeleteWhat I know about residential schools is that the Canadian government stole indigenous children from their homes and brought them to these schools. They were run by the catholic church which had a lot of power in those days. The nuns stripped these children of their culture by cutting their hair and making them all wear the same clothes. The residential schools were made originally to “convert” the children to a more catholic and “civilized” way of living. They made them forget their own languages and religions. These children were also kept in horrible conditions, with very small portions of food and hard beds with no pillows or blankets. If the children were disobedient, the nuns would beat them and that would sometimes lead to death. I think it is important to be aware of the monstrosities that happened because it is a shameful thing our government has once done. It makes me sick to know how racist our own country once was.
ReplyDeleteI don’t know too much about residential schools, my family and I have briefly gone over it a couple of times. I know that the school was run by the catholic church. They would take first nation children away from their homes to take them to this school where they would change their beliefs, their language, and what they would wear. They would torture them, and break their minds. And sometimes they would even kill the children. The government had so much power that they could do this, they would do this to make everybody the “same”. I think it’s important to know about what happened in the past so we never do anything as horrid as we did in the past, we need to learn from the mistakes of others and make sure that we do better.
ReplyDeleteResidential schools are a heavy subject for my family because we mostly try to stay positive, but when we heard about the children that sadly couldn't make it out alive we felt so horribly. I honestly don't know much about residential schools, but I know they were horrible places, run by horrible people. First Nation children were sent to residential schools to try to convert them to being white and catholic. They would bleach their skin, and cut their hair. Most of them would never make it out alive. They would teach them to speak english and dress them up in what they called at the time (proper clothes). Catholic nuns would run the schools, sometimes maybe even a priest would teach the schools. It is important to learn about the residential schools, to remember those who lost their lives trying to be 'Normal' and to always be respective toward others when who don't know where they came from.
ReplyDeleteI know a lot about residential schools because at my elementary school we had to wear an orange shirt and have an assembly. I also know about them because around this time of year in ethics claase (in elementary school) we would talk about residential school. I know that residential schools were a really bad thing. I learned that they came to people's houses and lied to the parents saying ‘this school will teach your kid good stuff’ but then when the kids got to school they took their clothes and shaved their head. The worst part about residential schools is that a lot of kids died since the nuns (the people that ran the schools) treated the kids badly and the kids barely got food and when they did it was not enough to survive.
ReplyDeleteI do not know too much about residential school but I do know that Indian kids where taken from their homes and where bleached and had their culture, hair, and clothes changed they basically brainwashed them of who they are or where. I pretty sure that Indians where sent to residential schools because the catholic Church tricked the Indians in thinking that is was a good school and they really did not have a choice because they where kind of taking over, I think,. it is important to learn about Indian residential schools because we need to know what horrible thing happened to make it better also it makes zero since that you should be mistreated and killed just for being a human on the earth we share ad because you look different and your culture is different.
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ReplyDeleteI first heard about this in 6th when I was looking for a book on Sora (online library platform) and I saw a group of books with the header "Indigenous Voices: Books for September 30th). It didn't say Orange Shirt Day in the title. So I find dates (as in like July 22: Utøya Massacre) more interesting than days (as in Pink shirt day). Then I saw what Orange Shirt Day was. A Movement to recognise indigenous rights and to honor all the children who went to these cursed schools and hundreds that never made it back (intercom flashbacks). This was run by the governement ad the catholic church! Parents forced to hand their children to people who steal them out of their sights, children thinking they were going somewhere fun (in a documentary I watched, someone remembered the man saying they were "going for a nice car ride"), Expecting hallways filled with children's laughter, smiling adults compared with nothing to what was awaiting them. Children, stripped of their clothes, hair cut to the nape of their necks, some even shaved to prevent lice, thrown into scalding hot water, skin bleached, robbed from all their belongings, poor hygene, new religious practices, a new language and a new name. A new identity. And no promise of getting back home- alive. These poor children had to face abuse: Mental, and emotional trauma, sexual and physical assault.
Orange shirt day began, if from what I know is right, in the early 1970's and was started by Phyllis Webstad (I think). Before she was going to go to her school, her family bought her an orange shirt which she wanted to wear on her first day, but like I said, her shirt was taken away from her and was given a uniform.
When we (in school) were asked if any of us knew what Orange Shirt Day was, I was shocked to find that I, in a class of like 20 students, was the only one that knew about it. I was asked to explain and so I did. And, I personally, don't blame them if they didn't know because, the only thing our textbooks say about indigenous people was that they had a revolution in Manitoba and they liked to hunt bison- and this is in the grade 6 workbook! I think learning about this is important because, doing something wrong, then pulling back the curtains is just- wrong. especially if it's to children like oh lord- You guys call yourself priests and nuns when what you're doing is affecting more than 150,000 children, And what about their parents?? Imagine what pain they are going through if they know their child is going through daily errands, abused, poorly fed and even dead. Learning about this is very important so we don't make the same mistake again.
Every child matters
Actually no-
Every human matters
No still not right-
Every life matters
There we go!
Thank you
The Indian Residential Schools were an act of terror that were run by the Catholic Church and the Canadian government. Indigenous children were taken away from their homes and placed into residential schools where they were mistreated. The Catholic Church would assimilate them which means make them forget their own religion and become Catholics. They also faced many other problems such as malnourishment, abuse, poor health, they would cut their hair, bleach their skin and make them bathe in burning hot water. St.Anne's residential school located in Ontario had even built their own electric chair to torture children. If children ever tried to escape they would be severely punished. They would beat them, torture them, place them in the electric chair or even kill them and tell authorities that they escaped and disappeared. The Roman Catholic Church still hasn't apologized for the residential schools or the way First Nation people were treated. Even with an apology, it still doesn't change the fact that many children lost their lives because of this.
ReplyDeleteThe Indian Residential Schools were ran by the Catholic churches throughout Canada. They would take Indigenous children away from their families to educate them at the schools. They would mistreat the children, they would force them to change their religious beliefs and traditions, they would shave their heads, burn them and more. These schools were approved by the government to abolish the Indigenous traditions and to teach them about the Catholic Religion. I think it important to learn about these religious schools as there has been a discovery this past year of thousands of children's bodies across Canada. The government and the schools hid this part of our Canadian history. We need to bring awareness to these horrible events.
ReplyDeleteIndian Residential schools were ran by the Catholic Church. The architects that made the school designed it so there was burial ground for the kids and they took there clothes, bleached their skin, cut their hair, and made them forget their religion so they were all the same. They were sent there to become Catholic but with no choice. Its important to learn about Indian Residential schools because its teaching us not to be racist, that Canada wasn't always a perfect place and never will be and to teach us that we should never do it again.
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I know that Indian residential schools were horrible places created by the government and the cqatholic church in an attempt to assimilate and teach the Indians about Euro Canadien culture and religion. There they took children away from their families, gave them numbers instead of names, took them away from their siblings and horribly mistreated them, punished and abused them when they stepped out of line by speaking their mother tongue saying that it was the language of the devils . The schools from hell ironically were established in 1980 to the 1990s and the last one residential school was called Grollier Hall which closed in 1997 and was not a state run school for that year. A formal apology was made by Prime Minister Stephen harper in 2008 . I believe that its important to remember the Resedential schools because we can never let anything like this repeat itslef. When I was very young I myself had read a book on this very subject called ‘ I am not a number” jenny kay Depuis and kacy kacer.
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ReplyDeleteI know that they did terrible things to the indigenous children, but I'm not 100% sure what they did so I don't want to say anything false. They were schools where they sent indigenous kids and basically erased their culture, language and beliefs. They were all taken to these school by the government because they wanted everyone to be the same and have the same beliefs. I think most residential schools were run by churches and a long time ago they were run by the government. I think its a good thing to talk about because it is a part of Canadian history that most Canadians don't even know abt.
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