Project 366 (2024) | 30 September
Today in Canada is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation where we are asked to reflect on the terrible history of the residential school system in this country. This is part of the process of reconciliation. The Canadian government as policy took Indigenous children from their homes, families and communities and placed them in residential schools where they were often abused and when released were left to suffer from the physical and psychological harm inflicted on them. Some never returned.
Whether a settler of Canada or the U.S., if you are interested in knowing where to start to understand how things like this can happen, I recommend a couple of reads: Ned Blackhawk's The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and The Unmaking of U.S. History and Graeber and Wengrow's The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity. Both books will prove enlightening if you approach their topics with an open mind.
Project 366 (2024) | 30 September
Today in Canada is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation where we are asked to reflect on the terrible history of the residential school system in this country. This is part of the process of reconciliation. The Canadian government as policy took Indigenous children from their homes, families and communities and placed them in residential schools where they were often abused and when released were left to suffer from the physical and psychological harm inflicted on them. Some never returned.
Whether a settler of Canada or the U.S., if you are interested in knowing where to start to understand how things like this can happen, I recommend a couple of reads: Ned Blackhawk's The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and The Unmaking of U.S. History and Graeber and Wengrow's The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity. Both books will prove enlightening if you approach their topics with an open mind.