INDG 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Unintended Consequences, Indian Act, First Nations

• School: McGill University
• Department: Indigenous Studies
• Course: INDG 200
• Professor: Allan Downey

Document Summary

Lecture outline: indigenous education, early indian" schools, church and state: residential schools, residential school life, legacy, indigenous knowledge, relationships, indigenous education models. North america: schooling became a fundamental tool for colonization of, residential schools are a conscious step towards, financed by the federal government, managed by the colonization churches who supported government funding and. Christian assimilation: metis and first nations to be put into boarding schools early schools accepted both status and non-status and metis children, however creates a difficult situation, first nations under the jurisdiction of the federal government. Metis and inuit are funding by the provincial/territorial government. Not being able to speak any language except. Pre-1950s inuit not as much represented in the residential schools as metis and first nations. Changes in the 1950s inuit sent thousands of kilometers away from home to the schools and not able to see their families for years.