“To rob the world of a people”: Language Removal as an Instance of Colonial Genocide in the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School
This paper demonstrates, through Sagkeeng First Nation narratives, how the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School (FAIRS) is a micro-instance of genocide in the context of language. An understanding is offered from the perspective of a settler colonial academic, in consideration of decolonizing pr...
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ftunisfloridatam:oai:digitalcommons.usf.edu:gsp-1291 2023-05-15T13:28:57+02:00 “To rob the world of a people”: Language Removal as an Instance of Colonial Genocide in the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School Ilyniak, Natalia 2015-10-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol9/iss2/9 https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1291&context=gsp unknown Digital Commons @ University of South Florida https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol9/iss2/9 https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1291&context=gsp Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal Colonialism Genocide Fort Alexander Indian Residential School Canada Sociology article 2015 ftunisfloridatam 2021-10-09T06:39:59Z This paper demonstrates, through Sagkeeng First Nation narratives, how the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School (FAIRS) is a micro-instance of genocide in the context of language. An understanding is offered from the perspective of a settler colonial academic, in consideration of decolonizing principles. Using relational theory, namely Actor-Network Theory, this paper discusses how FAIRS’s practices were designed and operated to disrupt relations between children and their community by removing Anishinaabe language, and the ways children and their families negotiated and undermined these practices. Data was collected through critical narrative analysis and sociohistoric inquiry to identify and unpack the practice of language removal in FAIRS, as identified in Survivors’ testimonies, interviews, stories, and memoir. Article in Journal/Newspaper anishina* Digital Commons University of South Florida (USF) Canada Indian |
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This paper demonstrates, through Sagkeeng First Nation narratives, how the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School (FAIRS) is a micro-instance of genocide in the context of language. An understanding is offered from the perspective of a settler colonial academic, in consideration of decolonizing principles. Using relational theory, namely Actor-Network Theory, this paper discusses how FAIRS’s practices were designed and operated to disrupt relations between children and their community by removing Anishinaabe language, and the ways children and their families negotiated and undermined these practices. Data was collected through critical narrative analysis and sociohistoric inquiry to identify and unpack the practice of language removal in FAIRS, as identified in Survivors’ testimonies, interviews, stories, and memoir. |
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“To rob the world of a people”: Language Removal as an Instance of Colonial Genocide in the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School |
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