Residential+Schools

Muffins For Granny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6ziYYLL4Dw Guest Speaker: Lorna Crowshoe

To respond to the inquiry questions below, please write the names of your group and then copy and paste the inquiry questions and then use the knowledge you have gained to respond.

Inquiry questions:

1. What is the purpose of this model of schooling? 2. What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters? What is valued in this form of schooling? 3. What is the curriculum? What is worth knowing? What is not valued? 4. How is success determined in this form of schooling?

Wesley, Quinn, Chris - Muffins for Granny:

Maddy, Lilly and Ben - Residential schools/muffins for granny

Muffins for Granny:

1. According to this author, what is the purpose of school? -Assimilate them, learn the western way, isolate them from their community -Strip them of their culture -To kill the Indian and their child -Weren’t allowed to speak their own language -Practice Christianity, nothing first nation, just the English and French way -Physically, mentally and sexually abused

2. What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters-what is valued? -Concentration camp, can’t leave, getting brainwashed -Very isolated

3. What is valued in the curriculum/what is worth knowing and doing in this school? What is not valued? -Teach you English and learn their culture -Christianity

4. How is success determined in this school? -When the student don’t speak their native language anymore -Lost your native religion and culture -Blindly obedient, don’t question anything

-Will, Rob and Gabby-

Muffins For Granny/ Residential Cchools:

additional info
 * the last residential school closed in 1996
 * aboriginal people became wards of the state. meaning they became the governments property
 * around 150,000 native children went to residential schools. there were 132 in operation in canada
 * run by the church

1.According to the author, what is the purpose of school. The government was trying to assimilate the aboriginal people. Specifically by physical, mental and sexual abuse. By abuse, the government thought that children would learn their culture is ridiculous and not at all the correct way of living. An example of this is when the runners of the school gave the children white names instead of their traditional native names.Another example is when they would give “the strap” to the children so they would behave. This was to further the assimilation or “kill the indian in the child”.

2.What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters-what is valued? The buildings look like prison from the outside. All brick and very intimidating. On the inside the situation is quite the same. Conformity as far as the eye can see. The children sit in perfect rows, and sleep in perfect rows and eat in perfect rows. sameness is a recurring theme on the inside. Because if there was anything different, assimilation would not work. This means that what is valued the most is sameness and conformity. As well, isolation was a huge factor at these schools as

3.What is valued in the curriculum/what is worth knowing and doing in this school? What is not valued? What is valued it white culture and ways. By this I mean that no other cultural influence is accepted. Also, Christianity is valued as well. An example of this is the crucifix that was put up on the inside of every residential school. The natives thought that they would end up like Jesus on the cross as they were unfamiliar with his story and what had happened to him.

4,How is success determined in this school? Success is determined by how like minded you can be. Specifically, when you are the same as a white person, you will be rewarded. that is how success is determined. not by good grades or creativity, but by how well you can assimilate into the evergrowing white population.

Jags, Carson, Alex -Assimilate them, learn the western or "white" way, isolate them from their community -Strip them of their culture and replace it with ours. -To kill the Indian in the child -Weren’t allowed to speak their own language -Practice Christianity at church every morning, disregard first nations culture. -Physically, mentally

