ipl-logo

Residential Schools In The Grizzlies: Stripped Of Your Culture

1001 Words5 Pages

Have you ever been pulled from your home? Stripped of your culture? And told that you’re not someone that you’ve been with your whole life? Around 30% of kids ages 4-16 experienced all of that by 1930. Residential schools had an effect on these kids not only while they attended school, but also for the rest of their lives. In the middle of the movie, The Grizzlies, we find out from Kyle that his dad is a residential school survivor and that’s why he is and acts the way he does. These schools were designed to strip the indigenous out of these children. Their language, culture, and who they are are taken away from them, and that’s something you can’t get back right away. The trauma faced by these young individuals is something you can’t forgive …show more content…

Not being educated then makes their chances of finding a good job even lower. The fact that Kyle’s dad went to a residential school makes him way more likely to face extreme poverty along with We see the state his family is living in and where they live so we can automatically see how lower paying jobs, poverty, and a lower living standard have affected Kyle’s family since his dad went to a residential school. When residential schools first were invented, people might have argued that they were good because the children had a place to stay, food on the table, education, and other kids their age to play with. We now know that they could’ve stayed at home, become educated at home, gotten a better education at home, and played with their own siblings and friends at home. Very few people would argue that residential schools didn’t affect the children for their entire lives, but the people that do have no idea what it’s done to the survivors. The purpose of the schools was to “westernize” them to the point where there wouldn’t be anymore indigenous people, and in my opinion the people who agree with that are sick. To conclude, residential schools have a lasting effect on everyone who

Show More
Related
1558 Words | 7 Pages

I was told to embrace my culture and traditions and share them with my peers. However, this was not the case for Indigenous children who went through the residential school system. The Indigenous children were told that their “languages, their cultures weren’t relevant, [and] they were told that their people and their ancestors were heathens and pagans and uncivilized” (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation [NCTR], 2019, 0:46). The

Read More
222 Words | 1 Pages

from their families and forced intSection 1-Summary The book These Are My Words by Ruby Slipperjack illustrates the traumas in the residential school. The Government separated the native children from their family and took away their language, names and cultures . Children were given a number and it was their identity. Their letters from home would be checked by the authority and if it is okay then it would be given to them. The principal would use a yardstick to punish who does something wrong.

Read More
571 Words | 3 Pages

In the short documentary film “Canada’s shame: Residential schools, unmarked graves, and the search for justice- people and power” I learned a lot about what Canada did to the indigenous people regarding residential schools and the trauma we left on their community. The lives of the indigenous communities are forever altered because of the way these schools were designed to assimilate and strip the children of their identity. Carl Sam was just one of the Saint Mary’s residential school survivors and he says, “His experience at the residential school has stripped him of his whole life”. He goes on to say one day he was put on a boat and all the children were crying around him because they were taken out of their homes and they didn’t know what was going on,

Read More
773 Words | 4 Pages

However, what is presented is even more dark and appalling. This book differs from typical non-fiction works on residential schools in its unflinching revelation of the ugly truths. Benjamin does something remarkable by shifting the focus from the victims to the perpetrators. While most people are familiar with the survivor stories of Indigenous children, with emphasis on the abuse they endured and loss of their cultural identity; few works delve into the actions of the oppressors. Benjamin's approach is not intended to diminish the survivor's experiences, but rather to shine a light on the abuse of power by the priests, nuns, and government, which has gone unchecked for too long.

Read More
1014 Words | 5 Pages

As a result of children being punished for their culture, it ultimately gets lost during their stays at these schools. Culture is a large part of self-identity, and when this is lost it often leads to a lack of self-belonging. Another issue caused by residential schools is intergenerational trauma which is largely caused by the abuse, both emotional and physical, that the children were subjected to. Intergenerational trauma largely affects future

Read More
2005 Words | 9 Pages

The majority of the survivors from the residential schools have been able to come together and take steps in the direction of their healing. Not only did the residential schools affect numerous generations of people, but they also affected their families and, later on, their children. In many stories of residential school survivors, they talk about the generational trauma experienced within their families and also their many communities. The children of survivors of residential schools have trauma passed down to them by their parents indirectly and occasionally directly. They become traumatized after hearing about the horrible experiences their parents had to endure and the underlying fear that it could happen to them as well.

Read More
1033 Words | 5 Pages

The TRC’s “The History” author appeals to logos through the use quantitative findings. The use of logical evidence from the collection of testimonials made by former residential school students is an effective way to aid the persuasion of a reader. Throughout “The History”, the author describes the memories of known First Nations peoples Frederic Ernest Koe, Marlene Kayseas, Lily Bruce and many others. In addition, the author quotes Vitaline Elsie Jenner’s use of ‘kaya nakasin’ (TRC, 2015, p.38) in describing her experience with residential school. The author’s example that contains the use native language reaffirms his credibility and detailed knowledge of the

Read More
939 Words | 4 Pages

This is true of Saul. Residential schools subject children to traumatic events and situations that sever cultural ties. Saul states," I did not want to be haunted. I had lived that way for far too long as it was," (Wagamese 314). Saul explains how residential schools have negatively impacted his life and the lives of others.

Read More
2071 Words | 9 Pages

Numerous students were taken away from their families and placed in an environment where instead of getting nurtured and cared for, they were mistreated and had to become accustomed to a rigid routine. This made them miss out on the knowledge and skills they needed to raise a family, leading to their families having to suffer in various ways, from facing depression to getting addicted to drugs. In the movie, George got arrested as the constant abuse with no mercy forced him to hit his teacher, similar to the way countless victims abused their own children since that was the situation they had grown up in. As the sole purpose of the residential schools had been to force the children to fit into the Canadian society by preventing them from following their culture, those who attended them had not been able to pass on their Aboriginal values to future generations. Students were forced to forget the way they prayed with the mandatory church sessions every morning and could not speak their language due to the abuse they got if they did, thus, making their unertainty of their Aboriginal identity pass down generations.

Read More
1245 Words | 5 Pages

For example, in 1867, the Indian Act was passed and that act was made to eliminate First Nations peoples’ cultures and they had their rights and land taken away without any warning. This was the beginning of how Canada began their process of assimilation with the Indian Act. Along with the Indian Act, the major expansion of residential schools was a major factor in Canada’s history with Aboriginal peoples and how they treated them. The intention of residential schools were to assimilate the children into Euro-Canadian cultures without any influence from the parents. Kids age 7 to 15 were removed from their homes and were forced to live far away.

Read More
170 Words | 1 Pages

Today, the Canadian identity is known as multicultural, however the residential schools breaks and impacts this identity in a negative way. Residential schools were government authorized school set up to educate Aboriginal children in Canadian culture. Its main purpose was to remove children from the influence of their homes, families, traditions and cultures, and to assimilate them into the dominant culture. In 1920 the government passed a law requiring every Native child, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, to attend residential school. Therefore, children were forcibly removed from their homes and sent away to the schools.

Read More
395 Words | 2 Pages

In 1996, the last of a number of schools in Canada created for the purposes of assimilating indigenous youth into Canadian society was shut down. The residential school phenomenon can be traced back to the late 1800’s, when the government authorized the taking of indigenous children from their families to be placed in church-run schools. While the schools did provide some education, many students suffered physical, mental, and sexual abuse while being stripped of their language and culture in favour or European language, culture, and values (Legacy of Hope Foundation, n.d.). Here, I will look at the residential school phenomenon through a picture of a young indigenous boy getting his hair cut in a classroom of a residential school, approached

Read More
502 Words | 3 Pages

The idea of residential schools, the frustration of students in the environment, as well as hatred for the school system would have definitely drove many of the students to continue their defiant behaviours. The fear of losing their language; their culture; and most importantly, their identity, further increased their determination to resist the force put upon them in residential schools. Despite facing harsh punishments such as a variety of forms of corporal punishment, the idea of showing opposition towards a subject that they did not comply with was a much stronger force that drove students to engage in acts of resistance than the force of fear that the residential schools attempted to inflict toward them. As a result of this, many students were able to resist the desired outcome that the government hoped for, in spite of the

Read More
240 Words | 1 Pages

Hi suja, I agree with you that being away from family during childhood can be very distressing. Lots of people are unaware of the existence of the residential school which can be overcome by adding it in nursing curriculum as you mentioned. I was reading one article from Ottawa citizen published on October 25, with a title 'High hopes' for Trudeau to act on residential schools report ‘’ in which Liberal spokesman Daniel Lauzon reiterated that pledge last Thursday, saying, “We believe it is time to act, without delay, to renew Canada’s relationship with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples based on rights, respect, and co-operation to ensure we create a fair and prosperous shared future. ‎” this article developed some hope in the survivors

Read More
800 Words | 4 Pages

Residential Schools was an enormous lengthening event in our history. Residential schools were to assimilate and integrate white people’s viewpoints and values to First Nations children. The schools were ran by white nuns and white priests to get rid of the “inner Indian” in the children. In residential schools, the children suffered immensely from physical, emotional, sexual and spiritual abuse. Although the many tragedies, language was a huge loss by the First Nations children.

Read More

More about Residential Schools In The Grizzlies: Stripped Of Your Culture

Open Document