In 2008, the Canadian government created the Indian residential schools truth and reconciliation commission which started its work to achieve an official order of reviewing the history of Canada’s Indian residential schools. The Canadian residential school system is, a system created for aboriginal people in Canada, to achieve the best chance for success by learning the English language and more importantly assimilating to Canadian culture therefore, passing it down to their children in hopes of native traditions to diminish. The Canadian government assumed that native children would have a higher chance of succeeding if they spoke English or French and adapted to mainstream Canadian society therefore, the Canadian government created this
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They were taken from their families therefore struggle today due to the trauma of being taken away from attachment figures. The aboriginal people “faced loss of connectedness with languages, traditions and cultural history, loss of togetherness and collective support and constant violence” (Manitoba Trauma Informed Education & Resource Centre 2017). All factors shaping indigenous identity Colonization is “acquiring control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically” (OED). The government felt at the time felt this system was a necessary part of colonization to establish a European –Canadian culture because; it was a more effective/ efficient way of eliminating the aboriginal culture. Jose Kusugak's life before and after he left his home community to attend residential school, drastically differed. In his early years Jose Kusugak attended a residential school. During his early years Jose Kasugak grew up in Repulse Bay, a small village in the Northwest Territories. Michael’s family lived a very traditional lifestyle. They travel by a dog team and lived in igloos and tents in the summer. Growing up he did not speak a word of English, he had no access to books as a child. “Every night, my grandma would tell us a story to put us to sleep,”
They were taken from their families therefore struggle today due to the trauma of being taken away from attachment figures. The aboriginal people “faced loss of connectedness with languages, traditions and cultural history, loss of togetherness and collective support and constant violence” (Manitoba Trauma Informed Education & Resource Centre 2017). All factors shaping indigenous identity Colonization is “acquiring control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically” (OED). The government felt at the time felt this system was a necessary part of colonization to establish a European –Canadian culture because; it was a more effective/ efficient way of eliminating the aboriginal culture. Jose Kusugak's life before and after he left his home community to attend residential school, drastically differed. In his early years Jose Kusugak attended a residential school. During his early years Jose Kasugak grew up in Repulse Bay, a small village in the Northwest Territories. Michael’s family lived a very traditional lifestyle. They travel by a dog team and lived in igloos and tents in the summer. Growing up he did not speak a word of English, he had no access to books as a child. “Every night, my grandma would tell us a story to put us to sleep,”