2.1b SHAKÓYE:WA:THAˀ (Red Jacket) 1805 Speech on Religion

Online Readings

Films/Videos

  • Wolochatiuk, Tim. We Were Children. National Film Board of Canada, 2012.
    • Description: “In this emotional film, the profound impact of the Canadian government’s residential school system is conveyed unflinchingly through the eyes of two children who were forced to face hardships beyond their years. We Were Children gives voice to a national tragedy and demonstrates the incredible resilience of the human spirit.”[1]
  • Campbell, Maria and Linda Jaine. Journey to Healing. Saskatoon: Gabriel Productions & Indigenous Peoples Program, Extension Division, University of Saskatchewan, 1992.
    • Description: In September 1991, the Indigenous Peoples Program hosted a national conference titled “Residential Schools: Journey Toward Recovery and Wellness.” Many of the speakers were recorded. This video would be useful for workshops and for instructors to generate discussion.
  • Mazo, Adam, and Ben Pender-Cudlip. Dawnland: A Documentary about Cultural Survival and Stolen Children. Directors Upstander Project, 2018.
    • Description: Dawnland is a documentary that focuses on the Sixties Scoop through the experiences of Wabanaki children and their families. Children were removed from their families and placed with non-Indigenous families. The film speaks to the issue of identity and belonging.
  • Heape Richie, S. R., Agent, D., Ross, G., Tipre, K., Schellenberg, A., Castaldo, R. J., Adkins, J., Avery, D., Trafzer, C. E., and D. R. Wildcat. Our Spirits Don’t Speak English: Indian Boarding School. Rich-Heape Films, 2008.
    • Description: A documentary film that provides a candid look at the Indian Boarding School system starting in 1879 through the 1960s combining personal interviews with historical background.

Articles, Books, and Book Chapters

  • Collier, John. “Does the Government Welcome the Indian Arts?” The American Magazine of Art. Anniversary Supplement 27, no. 9, Part 2 (1934): 10–13.
  • Colmant, S.A. “U.S. and Canadian Boarding Schools: A Review, Past and Present.” Native Americas Journal 17, no. 4 (2000): 24–30.
  • Joseph E. Illick, “‘Some Of Our Best Friends Are Indians…’: Quaker Attitudes and Actions Regarding the Western Indians during the Grant Administration.” Western Historical Quarterly 2, no. 3 (1971): 283–94.
  • McKenzie, Fayette Avery. “The Assimilation of the American Indian.” The American Journal of Sociology 19, no. 6 (May 1914): 761–72.
  • Tundel, Nikki. “American Indians balance native customs with Christianity.” MPRNews. November 13, 2013.
  • Foley, Henry. Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus. London: Burns and Oates, 1875.
  • Hoxie, Frederick. Talking Back to Civilization: Indian Voices from the Progressive Era. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2001.
  • Stone, William L. The Life and Times of Red-Jacket, or, Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha: Being the Sequel to the History of the Six Nations. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 2018.

[1] Montreal: National Film Board of Canada; Toronto: Entertainment One; Winnipeg: Eagle Vision Inc.