Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The Inuit and the Residential School System

The Legacy of Hope Foundation has released an overview report on The Inuit and the Residential School System (http://www.legacyofhope.ca/downloads/inuit-and-the-rss.pdf).

This provides useful background information for units on this subject built around books such as Christy Fenton-Jordan's Fatty Legs and A Stranger at Home.

    

Although it might not address the issue of residential schools directly, Susan Aglukark's song "Arctic Rose" demonstrates the use of metaphor to evoke the alienation of youth in the North who find themselves exiled from their communities.

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