NEW345H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Oatmeal
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Eagle feather= talking stick; often handed to individuals. Police, rcmp, and church clergy forced native children out of their children out of their homes. Children were forced to eat mush (oatmeal) for three meals a day despite that sometimes there are worms in the mush and they grew crops in the field. Native individuals became living ghosts because they did not fit in with the white people and did not connect with their heritage in the end. Residential schools survivor and they pass it down to their children via genes; aka blood memory. Indians- term used back then to refer to natives and indigenous population. Indians was used to refer to native people because christopher columbus thought he was in india. Better terminology is first nations; aboriginal should not be used. Prior to trc, there was the royal commission report on abroriginal people (1996) Coined by justice st. clair who implemented calls to action- challenge government approaches.
