HSS 2121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Oatmeal, First Nations, European Canadian

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2121
• Professor: Alessandra Iozzo-Duval

Document Summary

Healthcare issues, crippling indigenous communities (10 years old committing suicide) Kids taken away lose connection to families, affects the way they parent to. Collaborating with the christian ministries to promote economic independence and to promote conversion they thought that these residential schools were the best to separate them from their parents. No parental support, teachers have an awful lot of power. The(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t se(cid:374)d the(cid:373) to thei(cid:396) lo(cid:272)al (cid:396)eside(cid:374)tial schools, they send them far away from their parents. Culture disparaged, forbidden to speak their first language even in their letters home. Braids a strong symbol, if you cut them off represents mourning, the shorter the braid the closer the relatives. School was highly regulated, early wake up and scheduled. Made it illegal to practice religious ceremonies (excluding dancing) Illegal for first nations to hire lawyers (to not bring claims against federal government, (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t make a land claim)