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1 Assignment-6 Athabasca University INST 301: Indigenous education Course tutor: Roxanne Pawlick Student Name: Chamandeep Sharma July 14 , 2023

2 Final Essay Indigenous people have had a crucial role in shaping Canada's experiences due to their unique social customs and extensive historical history. Despite this long- standing presence, the Canadian educational system has consistently failed Indigenous kids for years, maintaining structural injustices and exclusion. Indigenous kids' inadequate education has had a number of negative effects, such as increased rates of poverty, poorer health outcomes, and less prospects for social mobility. Despite multiple regulatory frameworks intended to promote Indigenous education, Indigenous children still face significant challenges in obtaining a high-quality education that satisfies their cultural, linguistic, and social demands. Every teacher in the school system should have as their first priority creating a study hall that is socially sensitive. It is only an oath that every teacher should uphold, as Sandra Hudsmith discusses in her book, "Aboriginal Child at School," that no kid is left behind. Every youngster should be inspired and helped to be the best version of themselves, regardless of their race, culture, religion, or background. I agree that all societies should be accepted and acknowledged, and that teachers should consider how they might support each student in their own unique way, regardless of their way of life. Even while it is sufficient for people to accept this as true and move on, Indigenous people usually struggle in the traditional Western educational system. Noting that some of most successful individuals with graduate and doctorate programmes are Indigenous and that teacher preparation for Indigenous students can be challengingly modified. There are many ways that teachers may support the success of their kids, but I'd want to use this opportunity to focus on a few crucial steps that a teacher can do to better help their Indigenous pupils.These methods of

3 building a relationship of trust with the kid and preserving a healthy and fruitful dialogue with parents are made possible by inviting community members into the classroom. It truly does take a village to raise a kid, and for the young children to succeed, the entire community must come together in support. Following the viewing of the documentary "In My Blood It Runs," it was difficult for me to hear about a young man who was highly successful in his community but was struggling in the Australian educational system. Being a mother of two myself, this touched extremely near to home. This film is about a little child who is a hunter, trilingual, and revered by his family as a healer. This intelligent youngster would appear to outsiders to be a powerful Indigenous community member. He struggled with the Western educational system, though, skipping lessons, getting in trouble, and failing his examinations. This surprised me, and I'd like to go into more detail about it in order to discuss how teachers in the Western educational system might support Aboriginal students academically. If instructors start using some of these strategies, such as creating a safe environment for diversity, allowing kids educate one another, utilising neighbourhood resources, enlisting the aid of elders, and teaching children about their family trees, then more students will learn. “ I'm a strong grandma, I am not going to let them take my children away,” the grandmother of the little boy said in the movie, and that line has stuck with me ever since.Because they had painful recollections of going to residential schools as youngsters, they are less willing to accept education today. If the instructor can build an attachment with the parents and grandparents, they will start to support the educational system more and ask them to come into the class so you may talk about ideas with them. This will improve their kids' academic performance. Students have big areas of strength for a framework and are certain to succeed on the off chance that they feel their way of

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4 life is recognised and appreciated and that the relationship between educator, understudy, and parent substantial areas of strength for us. Even though it seems like a very long time has passed since residential schools were founded, its aftereffects and consequences are still being felt across the world. Private schools were established with the intention of eradicating all facets of Indigenous culture, as Joseph notes in his book "21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act" (Joseph, 2018). Students were told to disregard all of their cultural knowledge and to adhere to rigid timetables, norms, and appearance standards. They had to abandon their way of life, and surprise, the children were kept hidden and family ties were severed because relatives weren't always around.Breaking up with family has a significant impact on the mental health of the Aboriginal people because of the specific importance placed on family in the Aboriginal culture. Indigenous children were compelled by the government to attend these residential schools, harming their emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. John A. Macdonald said in the Indian Act of 1876 (Indian Act, 1876) that the government policies in place drove the kids to look, study, and develop into what they believed they should be—a thinking process of "white men." Some children would attempt to recall their original tongue but fail, since they would take the understudies from their relatives.They had to read and write in English since it was the better language because it was the dominant one. Language loss also results in the loss of culture. The kids would be made to wear clothes that didn't fit their personalities and have their hair done in ways that made them seem a certain way. According to The Indian Act of 1876, the purpose of the law was to "assimilate the Indigenous peoples into mainstream society and contained policies intended to terminate the cultural, social, economic, and political distinctiveness of Indigenous

5 peoples." “To ensure that the Indigenous culture was forgotten, it was intended to push the people away from the Aboriginal culture and move them towards the Western culture. To do this, they attempted to stop them from learning about their own culture and removed everything that made the Indians who they were on a cultural, social, economic, and political level.My understanding of residential school survivors has significantly increased as a result of my thorough research, and I can now see how their impacts on Indigenous people's physical and emotional health transcend generations. For instance, a recent study by the Public Investigation into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls revealed that the "genocide" of Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada was exacerbated by the lack of socially significant education. The torture that Edmund Metatawabin experienced at St. Anne's Residential School is described in his memoir. He claims that either for no cause at all or for the tiniest of offences, pupils were struck by hand or with items.He talks on how government policies that force Is Indigenous people to lose their culture and language, become estranged from their relatives, and suffer from the long-term effects of colonialism have a severe impact on their health. The survivors of residential schools also had a spiritual impact because they were supposed to be Christianized as Aboriginal children. This does not account for the unhealthy living circumstances that caused disease and death. Indian children should be shielded from parental influence as much as possible. According to Joseph (2018), teaching kids about your culture and ideas in this manner is a horrible idea. In essence, it is saying that modern "white men" have a better way of thinking and living than earlier generations of Indigenous people.He promotes his convictions that He advises that Indigenous kids should attend schools run by "white men," modify their routines, and adopt more "white men"-like ways of

6 thinking. This viewpoint has been deeply ingrained. Native American parents in particular are harming their kids. They contend that if the kids were taken away and "taught proper manners," the Indigenous culture would advance but be lost. Since then, there have been no more residential schools, and there have been some improvements in how indigenous people are taught. Many Native children are completing their high school education and pursuing further education. This only demonstrates that not all facts are unfavourable. Because, according to Edmund Metatawabin, they attended college and were pursuing their master's degrees when he was asked to return to Fort Albany as chief, residential school survivors were denied an opportunity to succeed (CBC News, 2013).Teachers have a beneficial influence on these kids by showing concern for them, making an effort to understand their culture and daily lives, having high expectations for them, and helping them learn about their cultures, history, and languages. Teachers may make a significant impact by assisting Aboriginal students, including their families, and monitoring their development. It is a collaborative effort, and combined with the local community's support, which is enormous in Indigenous culture, we will begin to witness an Indigenous accomplishment's steady growth. The development of the understudy will be a clear indication of the educators' success if they can build strong bonds with the families. By doing so, they will get the respect of the teachers. Positive relationships with students are purportedly demonstrated by educator behaviours including conversing sympathetically, gently, and progressively and being sensitive to students' social norms (Harrison, 2011).Thanks to instructors monitoring their students' development and keeping lines of communication open with parents, parents should be able to see where their children are improving and where they need to.Harrison advised integrating the

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7 community into school activities since it's crucial for educators to develop positive connections with the Aboriginal community (Harrison, 2011).When an Indigenous kid sees the respect between the teacher and the parent, they will be expected to meet the standards that have been established. Each student should be responsible for their conduct and academic achievement due to the complexity of the challenges confronting Indigenous people. The success of these pupils may be aided by promoting their well-being, applauding their successes, encouraging them to engage, encouraging them to share tales from their culture, and interacting with them. While it is considered rude to avoid eye contact with Aboriginal students in the West, it is regarded acceptable for Aboriginal people ( Koori, p -47).This is followed by studying the importance of comprehending the social needs of Indigenous children so that the teacher may find fresh methods for the student to react to inquiries. Aboriginal kids are taught to listen to the teachings in the stories and to learn via storytelling. They might not necessarily challenge the events depicted in the stories, and they could also choose to remain anonymous.An educator might use an instant learning strategy with the students to avoid this problem. Giving out sharing sticks at the start of class, in my opinion, would be an effective direct learning practice. This practice may simulate sharing circles and is appropriate for people from many backgrounds, making it pertinent for Aboriginal people as well. A key component of Indigenous peoples' oral traditions is the sharing circle. Before enrolling in this course, I knew about sharing circles; while they may be utilised in any school, the Indigenous people originated the idea.When meetings are held and choices need to be made, "the traditional native feather wand or talking stick is used in these circles," according to Ravenspeak. I picked up on this from the customs of

8 the aboriginal people. Each student in a class can be given a sharing stick, which will enable them to participate in class discussions or ask a classmate a question. Indigenous pupils and all other students will be allowed to speak up in class without feeling intimidated or embarrassed as a result.While having an open connection with their instructor is important for Indigenous kids, they also need to be able to interact successfully with their peers and teachers outside of the classroom. This suggests that the teacher should take the time to build the student's trust and keep lines of communication open so that, in the event that a problem arises, the student won't feel embarrassed to ask the teacher for help. When children just think that they will not succeed because they are Indigenous, as we discovered in the film "What I Learned in Class Today: Aboriginal Issues in the Classroom," or as one student put it, "Why are Aboriginal people so screwed up?" This is what she was raised believing, therefore she posed this inquiry. Regardless of whether she was Indigenous or not, someone had given her this false knowledge. If she had believed it, she may have had a "give up" mentality.According to politician and Aboriginal gold medalist Nova Peris, "I dreamt big and I was determined to be successful." (Peris, 2018). High expectations from a teacher are not enough; they must also assist and encourage students to "reach for the stars." We should "give the students examples of successful Aboriginal people, show them students that have come from broken families or alcoholic homes," recommends Yarran in his piece about strategies to teach and engage Aboriginal students (Yarran,2016). He believes that by doing it this way, it is evident that these individuals altered their life and rose to positions of influence rather than relying on this as a justification. "A good instructor will continually see each young person as an

9 individual, not as doodads or objects of social disposition," the author says in his subsequent statement (Yarran, 2016). In conclusion,the best method for encouraging Indigenous children to be honest with their parents, value their culture, and embrace diversity is to foster trust between students and instructors. Give pupils direct learning chances if they are uncomfortable answering questions. Encourage the Aboriginal population to pay attention or participate in class by paying attention to the elders. Viewing family trees, genealogy data, and shining a focus on inspiring Native Americans encourages students to go beyond the box and achieve their goals. Every understudy has endless potential, and with the aid of their instructors, parents, and seniors, they are capable of being anyone they set out to be.

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10 References: Roman, K. (2013, December 18). Survivor of residential school horror says “all we want is justice” | CBC news . CBCnews. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/st-anne-s- residential-school-one-survivor-s-story-1.2467924 Harrison , N., & Greenfield, M. (2011, January 4). Relationship to place: Positioning Aboriginal knowledge and ... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17508487.2011.536513 Hudsmith, Sandra; Aboriginal Child at School, Vol. 20, No. 3, June/July 1992: 3-12 Indian Act, RSC 1985, c I-5, Joseph, Bob. (2018). 21 things you may not know about the Indian Act. Indigenous Relations Press (pg.1-60). Koori Mail, 2007. A new perspective to the classroom.P-47 What I learned in class today: Aboriginal issues in the classroom from the First Nations Studies Program, UBC. Yarran, L. 'Newcastle academic slams 'Eurocentric#39; education for Indigenous students, ABC Newcastle

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