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Where Are the Children? Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools
URL: http://www.wherearethechildren.ca

Description:
This exhibit "attempts to give voice to the untold stories of so many Aboriginal boys and girls who attended residential schools in Canada from 1831 to the 1990's." Articles and stories discuss assimilation of Aboriginal people, physical and sexual abuse in the school system, and related topics. Includes images and video clips. In English and French. From the Legacy of Hope Foundation, Aboriginal Healing Foundation, and Library and Archives Canada.

Extra Keywords
Native Canadians First Nation Metis Inuit indian

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation
Indigenous peoples -- Canada
Off-reservation boarding schools

LII Database Information:
Record 19859 created by Jennifer English on 11/28/2005
Last modification on 12/01/2005
Published: 12/01/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19859