This is the fourth episode of our 8-part series called Classrooms of Injustice. Gordon connects with his friend Erroll Kinistino as they discuss history and share reflections. Erroll is from Ochapowace First Nation in Southern Saskatchewan and shares what life was like going to a one-room Day School and why it was important to him and his community to build a new school on the reserve.

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Show Notes

• Ochapowace First Nation
• Treaty 4
• Treaty Texts: Treaty No.4
• Doctrine of Discovery
• Federal Indian Day Schools
• Marieval (Cowesess) Residential School
• Round Lake Residential School
• Dr. Ahab Spence
• The Doctrine of Discovery
• Hope for Wellness Helpline

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The LHF is pleased to announce the release of our third episode in an 8-part series on the Federal Indian Day School System with Dolores Peltier. Dolores shares memories from her time attending Day School from Kindergarten to Grade Eight. Dolores has mixed feelings about her experiences at Day School. She notes how most teachers would punish, shame and belittle students publicly – except for one teacher who made genuine efforts to build relationships in the community.

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• Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory
• Three Fires Confederacy
• The Robinson Treaties (1850)
• Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
• Map of Federal Indian Day Schools
• Gignul Non-Profit Housing
• TRC Commission of Canada
• Hope for Wellness Helpline

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The LHF is pleased to announce the release of our second episode in an 8-part series on the Federal Indian Day School System with Conrad Saulis. Conrad is the Executive Director with the Wabanaki Council on Disability, and in this discussion, he shares candidly about his experience at the Tobique Indian Day School. He tells us why it's important for Canadians to know more about the Day School System, and his thoughts on what comes next in the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and mainstream society.

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Show Notes

• Tobique First Nation
• Wabanaki Confederacy
• Wolastoqey language
• Shubenacadie Residential School
• Map of Federal Indian Day Schools
• Jordan’s Principle
• TRC Commission of Canada
• Indigenous veterans
• Hand Talk
• Wabanaki Council on Disability
• Wendell Nicholas
• Sheila Shares Her Gift
• Accessible Canada Act
• Hope for Wellness Helpline

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