“The New Generation” : Cooperative Education at the Day School on Dalles 38C Indian Reserve, 1890-1910

Modern research into Aboriginal education focuses on the de-culturation, physical, and emotional abuse that Indigenous students experienced at school. This focus results, in part, from an emphasis on sources written by settlers, which detail little of the lived experience of Indigenous students. Usi...

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Published in:Ontario History
Main Authors: Luby, Brittany, Labelle, Kathryn
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Language:English
Published: The Ontario Historical Society 2015
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https://doi.org/10.7202/1050680ar
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spelling fterudit:oai:erudit.org:1050680ar 2023-05-15T13:28:58+02:00 “The New Generation” : Cooperative Education at the Day School on Dalles 38C Indian Reserve, 1890-1910 Luby, Brittany Labelle, Kathryn 2015 http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1050680ar https://doi.org/10.7202/1050680ar en eng The Ontario Historical Society Érudit Ontario History vol. 107 no. 1 (2015) Copyright © The Ontario Historical Society, 2015 text 2015 fterudit https://doi.org/10.7202/1050680ar 2018-09-15T23:08:02Z Modern research into Aboriginal education focuses on the de-culturation, physical, and emotional abuse that Indigenous students experienced at school. This focus results, in part, from an emphasis on sources written by settlers, which detail little of the lived experience of Indigenous students. Using a series of interviews conducted in Kenora, Ontario, with the Anishinabek woman Matilda (Ogimaamaashiik) Martin of Dalles 38C Indian Reserve, this paper examines that lived experience and concludes that Aboriginal education was more collaborative than has been described, particularly before the enforcement of aggressive civilization. This collaboration, however, occurred in the context of ongoing colonial incursions in to Aboriginal land and life, which gradually edged out Aboriginal forms of education. La recherche récente sur l’éducation aborigène s’intéresse surtout à la déculturation et aux sévices physiques et psychologiques subis par les élèves autochtones à l’école. Cette orientation s’explique en partie par l’utilisation de sources écrites par des colons, qui donnent peu de détails sur le vécu réel des élèves indigènes. Cet article, basé sur des entrevues tenues à Kenora, Ontario, avec une femme anishinabek, Matilda (Ogimaamaashiik) Martin, de la Réserve Dalles 38C, examine cette expérience vécue et arrive à la conclusion que l’éducation aborigène était bien plus collabortive qu’on ne le pense généralement, surtout avant l’introduction d’une politique d’assimilation agressive. Cependant, cette collaboration doit être emvisagée dans le contexte de la pénétration coloniale dans les terres et dans la vie des Aborigènes, qui peu à peu a exclu les formes aborigènes d’éducation. Text anishina* Érudit.org (Université Montréal) Indian Ontario History 107 1 88 110
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description Modern research into Aboriginal education focuses on the de-culturation, physical, and emotional abuse that Indigenous students experienced at school. This focus results, in part, from an emphasis on sources written by settlers, which detail little of the lived experience of Indigenous students. Using a series of interviews conducted in Kenora, Ontario, with the Anishinabek woman Matilda (Ogimaamaashiik) Martin of Dalles 38C Indian Reserve, this paper examines that lived experience and concludes that Aboriginal education was more collaborative than has been described, particularly before the enforcement of aggressive civilization. This collaboration, however, occurred in the context of ongoing colonial incursions in to Aboriginal land and life, which gradually edged out Aboriginal forms of education. La recherche récente sur l’éducation aborigène s’intéresse surtout à la déculturation et aux sévices physiques et psychologiques subis par les élèves autochtones à l’école. Cette orientation s’explique en partie par l’utilisation de sources écrites par des colons, qui donnent peu de détails sur le vécu réel des élèves indigènes. Cet article, basé sur des entrevues tenues à Kenora, Ontario, avec une femme anishinabek, Matilda (Ogimaamaashiik) Martin, de la Réserve Dalles 38C, examine cette expérience vécue et arrive à la conclusion que l’éducation aborigène était bien plus collabortive qu’on ne le pense généralement, surtout avant l’introduction d’une politique d’assimilation agressive. Cependant, cette collaboration doit être emvisagée dans le contexte de la pénétration coloniale dans les terres et dans la vie des Aborigènes, qui peu à peu a exclu les formes aborigènes d’éducation.
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