Indian Residential Schools: a governmental assault on religious freedom
In 2008 Canada's Prime Minister apologized to survivors of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools, which had operated for almost a century, and were intended to assimilate Aboriginal children into the dominant society. Some survivors appreciated the gesture. Others were critical, especially of the...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch/Druck Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Sage
[2015]
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Studies in religion
Jahr: 2015, Band: 44, Heft: 4, Seiten: 441-456 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Kanada
/ Indianer
/ Missionsschule
/ Internat
/ Religionsfreiheit
/ Zuwiderhandlung
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik BB Indigene Religionen KBQ Nordamerika RF Christliche Religionspädagogik; Katechetik RJ Mission; Missionswissenschaft |
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| Zusammenfassung: | In 2008 Canada's Prime Minister apologized to survivors of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools, which had operated for almost a century, and were intended to assimilate Aboriginal children into the dominant society. Some survivors appreciated the gesture. Others were critical, especially of the Prime Minister’s description of the schools as a "mistake" rather than a crime, which they convincingly argue they were, with respect to the crime of genocide. I will suggest in this essay that this was not the only omission - that the school system also profoundly violated religious freedom. By exploring dominant Canadian narratives concerning religious freedom, I will highlight the way in which: (i) the system was intended to be a religious assault; (ii) the system contravened dominant understandings of freedom of religion; and (iii) dominant understandings of religion have marginalized Aboriginal religion, such that the profoundly religious character of the residential school assault has yet to be fully confronted. |
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| ISSN: | 0008-4298 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Studies in religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0008429815605774 |