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Session Seven: Killing the Indian in the Child
"I want to get rid of the Indian problem....
Our object is to continue until there is not a single Indian in Canada that has not been absorbed into the body politic and 
there is no Indian question, and no Indian Department."
—Duncan Campbell Scott, Deputy Superintendent of Indian Residential Schools


​Key Online Resources

Indian Residential Schools
Watch the video playlist (to the right) to begin this session. ​►
To, find out more:
► Watch "Canada's Dark Secret" (Al-Jazeera)
► Watch a five-part film series, "They Came for the Children" on the IRS and TRC
► Use an interactive map to locate the residential schools that operated near you
► A list of Indian Residential Schools
► ​Explore the Witness Blanket project
► ​Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
► Why the papal apology matters



The Indian Act
► Indian Act Fact Sheet
► "The Indian Act - The foundation of colonialism in Canada" by Russell Diabo 
​(or listen as a podcast)
Video Playlist: "Canada's Cultural Genocide" and "Stolen Children" (CBC) 
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​Sixties Scoop Playlist: Separating Children from Parents, Adoptees of Sixties Scoop tell their Stories, and The Personal Testimony of J'net Cavanagh
The Sixties Scoop
◄ Watch the complete video playlist (to the left)

Inuit Relocations
►​Listen to the story of Ayaaq (Mary) Anowtalik and David Serkoak recounting the Canadian government’s forced relocation of Inuit from their homeland in the interior of Nunavut in the 1950s and their long struggle for justice
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► Read an interview with David Serkoak

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Classroom Connections
  • Research project: An act of Genocide.​
    Note:This lesson includes details about residential schools which could be upsetting. These exercises are meant to to develop empathy, to help put oneself in the place of the other and to try to imagine what those experiences would be like while being sensitive and respectful. This is a difficult and painful topic. Please carefully review all the material ahead of time to assess whether or not it is appropriate for your classroom.
  • Research project: People of the Arctic by Canadian Geographic.

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​Spiritual Reflections
For use by faith and spirituality groups:
Confronting the Truth: Yes, We Do Need to Keep Talking About This!" by Cameron Fraser.

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​Listening to Indigenous Voices
is published by Novalis and produced in collaboration with KAIROS and 
Centre justice et foi
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