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a virtual visit with Jeff Lemire, illustrator of Secret Path, author Gord Downie

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a virtual visit with Jeff Lemire, illustrator of Secret Path, author Gord Downie

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stay tuned for a link to this 45 minute event which happens live on Friday April 20th at 12:30 pm

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I wonder why the prime minister at the time though it was a good idea to take children away and mentally and physically abuse them. In this article it says that the government said that the natives were savages and needed to be more civilized. and their motto was "kill the Indian in them". It still seem inhumane because this soon took turn for the worst, because there were a lot of death of aboriginals and the civilians of Canada really didn't care because they were so far removed.

http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/
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What led to the residential schools? Section. the rest of the article helps too if you need it i recommend reading it.)

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I wonder why indigenous people are so last year and forgotten. Canada just did them wrong and forgot about them and that's no good. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/lou-james/racist-native-canada_b_3795232.html

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I wonder why residential schools believe that persecuting children for their beliefs is necessary for them to become mature individuals. Although it is claimed that their religion "keeps them trapped on their land and in a primitive existence", it is what they believe and have lived by their whole lives, so it should be respected. Children don't grow up "in the right direction" if they are treated harshly and forced to forget their early childhood, but they do if they are treated with the love and respect that should receive, despite their religion.
https://fisherodjig.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/residential-schools-and-their-affects-on-first-nations/

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I wonder what happens to this aboriginal women. She is missing for over 24 years now. The last time she was seen she was in a hospital after being beaten up. This article gives you a little more information. https://globalnews.ca/news/3837871/family-testifies-about-pain-of-searching-24-years-for-missing-aboriginal-woman/

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I wonder why Native Canadian soldiers were treated almost as equals in the army, but when they came back from the war they were yet again treated horribly, discriminated against and were not respected. "Natives back then were not afraid to die," said a Native Canadian soldier, Adam Cutham. In this radio podcast, the Native Canadian soldier Adam Cutham said that after the war many native soldiers were rewarded with medals, but were not allowed the benefits every other soldier got when they came back home. My source was a CBC podcast from November 9th, 1974.
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/fighting-the-white-mans-war

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I wonder how Stephanie Hookimaw felt when she had found out that her 13 year old daughter that she was looking for so frantically had killed herself. In my source they talked about how since autumn there have been more than 100 suicide attempts in Attawapiskat, which has a population of just 2,000.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/16/canada-first-nations-suicide-crisis-attawapiskat-history

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I wonder about the story of Freda Ens, who was sold by her mother for a bottle of beer, and how she got away from the men in her life that sexual abused her. The article emphasized everyone disgust on the way indigenous younger people were treated in the indigenous society.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indigenous-sexual-assault-1.3839141

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I wonder why more action didn't take place against the boy put in prison for two years then put in one year of community supervision. He himself pleaded guilty for the murder of 17 year old Brandy Vittrekwa. Does this show that equality isn't being shown for aboriginals. Especially aboriginal women. The article goes deep into how the mother felt after her daughter was found dead on a local trail.

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I am curious to why Indigenous culture isn't a big part of Canada today. I'd like to know why Indigenous beliefs are not heard of anymore, and play a minor role in today's society.
The link listed down below helped answer some of my questions...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/indigenous-first-nation-culture-1.3651039

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I wonder if residential schools still have an effect on First Nations people in families today and if they are still scarred. My source told me that the objective of residential schools were to isolate kids from their families and " kill the Indian in them". For this to happen they would not have them practice their cultures / traditions or speak their language. This affected them a lot because they didn't practice the same things we did growing up and as they were growing up they often had separation issues and depression which sometimes led to suicide and a not stable way of living life.

indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/

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I wonder how the innocent Native Canadians felt after they received racism and discrimination on the battle field. The fact that they had to forget their rules and cut their hair really made me curious as of to how they responded. The link below helped me answer my question, and it may help answer your question as well.
https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1414152378639/1414152548341

^Go to the subtitle named
(Aboriginal Soldiers’ Experiences during the First World War)

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I wonder how Brandy Vittrekwa's mom and brother felt after finding out that the murderer that murdered their daughter/sister was only sentenced 3 years of jail. The murderer is now out of jail and out in the world.
http://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/brandy-vittrekwa

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I wonder how first nations reserves have less water access then anywhere else in the country.In my source they talk about this crisis. they tell us how little waer they get and also how dirty the water is. Do the take baths in the dirty water?
https://canadians.org/fn-water

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I wonder what drove the teens to commits suicide. In the source I chose it said that teens in reserves have gone through sexual abuse once.
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.thestar.com/amp/news/canada/2017/06/22/northern-ontario-first-nation-declares-state-of-emergency-on-youth-suicides.html

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I wondered how the Residential schools still have an effect on Indigneous families today. My source showed me that the goal of these Residential schools was to ease the language and culture of Aboriginal kids. To achieve this goal they were even put into white fosters homes. Therefore, all these transitions meant no proper education and addictions, which contributed too low paid jobs or unemployment and this result in unstable living conditions even today.
http://homelesshub.ca/about-homelessness/population-specific/indigenous-peoples

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I wonder why indigenous women have 3 times the risk of being a victim of violence than non-indigenous. This may be because of racism. In Canada, there has been a lot of racism and stereotypes placed on indigenous people. Indigenous people have the stereotype of being alcoholics and in poverty. This may be a reason why indigenous women have 3 times the risk of being a victim of violence, than non-indigenous women. http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-national-operational-overview

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i wonder why student at high  school drop out of school at the at of 16 to 18. this link helped me understand why students do it. https://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-503-x/2010001/article/11542-eng.htm

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I wonder how they could have dealt with the kids with mental health issues? This link really helps me understand why the kids, developed issues, and why its still prevalent.
https://www.suicideinfo.ca/resource/indigenous-suicide-prevention/
How would u have coped with a mental health issue back then?

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i wonder have native how Native people overcame many cultural and spiritual challenges to be able to fight in WWII? This link helped me understand how they over came it.
www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/historical-sheets/aborigin.

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I wonder how the suicide outbreak started and why its happening so much. This website helped me understand what was happening to these teens. https://news.vice.com/article/seven-stories-from-the-suicide-epidemic-plaguing-canadas-indigenous-youth

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I wonder how indigenous athletes keep on going when it was hard?
It impowerd them to be better
https://www.thestar.com/sports/2017/07/16/north-american-indigenous-games-shows-indigenous-athletes-happy-proud-and-ready-for-the-future.html

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I wonder  why would anyone want to hurt another person and what can they possibly be thinking to want to end someone’s life and take them away from their family.

From this link learned that there is way more Aboriginal people that have been murdered or is missing, and that some of those cases are unsolved. And that most women are found on Highway 16 ( Highway of Tears)
http://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/

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I wonder Why did the Stoney point ojibwe  band members fight for the ipperwash park and why was it taken away from them
https://policedeviance.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/the-ipperwash-crisis-a-deeper-analysis/ this source really breaks it down and it also explains why the incident ended up in a tragic way

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I wonder how Indigenous athletes still keep going through the pain ?

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I wondered  what the government did to help the victims of the Residential Schools. My source showed the history of the Schools, how the children were
treated, and what they went through.

http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/

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I wonder why Students in high school drop out at the age of 16 to 18 in residential schools.

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I wonder what the reason was for all of the epidemic suicides in the aboriginal youth in reserves. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/aug/30/our-society-is-broken-what-can-stop-canadas-first-nations-suicide-epidemic

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I wonder why students drop out of of high school at the age 16 to 18

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I wonder why high school students

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I wonder how First Nation people go on with their lives after residential school
https://fisherodjig.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/residential-schools-and-their-affects-on-first-nations/

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I wonder how saul managed to go through a lot and why only aboriginal people are treated the way saul was treated

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I wonder what went through the heads of the students at residential schools who took their lives. Nearly 6000 children died because of residential schools. The sourse that I found showed me how horrible it must have been for children in residential schools. Most children who died were marked as discharged or missing. Some parents never truly learned what happened to their children. https://globalnews.ca/news/2027587/deaths-at-canadas-indian-residential-schools-need-more-study-commission/

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Reserve schools are failing Canada’s aboriginal students and there is no quick-and-easy fix, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.

A study released Thursday by the research group found that only four of 10 young adults living on reserves across the country have finished high school.

Those figures contrast sharply with graduation rates of seven out of 10 for off-reserve aboriginals and nine out of 10 for non-aboriginals. The study also found eight out of 10 Metis graduate from high school across the country.

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I Wonder why the aboriginal people were seen as childlike animals
That needed an education. Why did their rights get taken away because of their skin color and beliefs.

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I wondered what it was like for natives for fight in the world wars. They went through prejudice and were often rejected from serving in the war. http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/those-who-served/aboriginal-veterans/native-soldiers/peaceful

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I wonder how Indigenous athletes delt with the media and how they were represented by it. Tom Longboat had a hard time dealing with the media because they would take any flaw he had and run with it just because he was a different race than everyone else. An example of this is when he wantd to train a certain way and his coaches and promoters were annoyed. This gave the press the oppertunity to talk about that and also other discriminating things that had little to no relevance to the original topic just because he was Indigenous (Kelly). This source gave me a lot of information about this certain topic along with pictures and videos and it really put me in Tom Longboat's shoes and what he went through. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/canada-150-tom-longboat-1.4067560

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I wonder how native children, now adults,that attended residential schools struggle with their cultural identity after having demoralizing messages on their people's ways drilled into their heads.  http://blog.nativepartnership.org/graduation-rates-american-indian-education/

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"racist abuse from fans is wrecking AFL says Adelaide star Eddie Betts" (The Guardian) I wonder how Eddie Betts feels about the racial remarks said and done to him.  This article tells me exactly how Betts feels about discrimination in sports and it tells us what he has said about it.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/13/racist-abuse-from-fans-is-wrecking-afl-says-adelaide-star-eddie-betts

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I wonder how then native people felt when it took eight years for a inquiry

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I wondered how Dudley George family dealt with their son passing away due to racism. They got 95 million and their land back 20 years later, but no reward or prize will ever make up for what that police officer did. They were probably so depressed and sad but at least the police officer got arrested for the horrible thing he did. http://toronto.citynews.ca/2017/08/15/exclusive-22-years-after-fatal-shooting-of-dudley-george-ipperwash-still-doesnt-feel-like-home/

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I wonder if anything happened to the Premier, Mike Harris, who was partly responsible for Dudley George's death because of his racist remarks the day before. I want to know if he  got into any trouble and faced any consequences for the remarks he said about Aboriginal people. I want to learn more about why his death was only brought up after 8 years, and if Harris suffered any consequences when the videotapes were released. http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/ipperwash_crisis/

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I wonder how the Indigenous communities feel when one of their own are killed. This article gave me insight to the life of an Indigenous woman who experienced human trafficking, and how she felt. How do we solve the problem of missing and murdered Indigenous women?
https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-trafficked-sexual-exploitation-is-costing-canadian-women-their-lives/article28700849/#part11

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I wonder what happens to the bodies of indigenous people when they drink dirty and contaminated water. This website explains the consequences of drinking contaminated water. It shows the deases that are given through the bacteria in the water. How can we solve the problem of dirty water access in reserves? http://www.halton.ca/cms/One.aspx?pageId=15092

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I wonder how Karina Wolfe's parents feel knowing and facing the sex offender who killed their daughter. Her mom waited for 5 years "waited for her to come home" (Karina's mom) I wonder how some aboringal/indigenous parents feel about having a young daughter especially when more than half of women murders are attempted and made on Indigenous women? http://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/karina-wolfe

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"George Armstrong: The Chief" (NHL). I was wondering about his life and what inspired him to become part of the Maple Leafs. This article gives me information, directly from the NHL, about who he was before. I hope to learn more about his struggles he faced before becoming a professional hockey player. https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/news/george-armstrong-the-chief/c-753980

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"Ontario First Nation 'in shock' after two more young people take their own lives"(Galloway Gloria).

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I wonder what Saul's brother Benjamin's story was. Check out this story of young Chanie Wenjack who died en route to finding his father, after running away from his residential school. Songwriter Gord Downie portrays Chanie following the railroad track through the northern Ontario wilderness, clinging to seven matches for security. What did Saul cling to? What do I cling to? M. Whittaker