Analytical Essay on Indigenous Education and Perspective

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1ANALYTICAL ESSAY
Topic – Analytical essay on Indigenous education and perspective
It has been found that for more than a century, the aboriginal children were taken
forcefully away from their families and admitted to the residential schools. Being assimilated to
the white society these children were not even permitted to speak their language and tortured by
the higher authorities of the schools. The schools were mostly handled by the Roman Anglican,
Presbyterian, Methodist and United churches. The torture they suffered from gave res to the
mental emotional distress and even disorder. According to Short (2016), there were diseases like
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), anxiety disorder, major depression, criminal disorder,
borderline personality, suicidal attempts and many others. The ‘Truth and Reconciliation
commission urges the different levels of government to work together and promote
reconciliation. In the year 2015, the truth and reconciliation commission declared a final report
on the history and legacy of Canada’s residential school system.
The report provides a detailed description on the incident that happened to the indigenous
students who suffered from the physical and sexual harassment in the government schools. In the
government boarding schools an estimate of 3,200 children ended up dying out of tuberculosis
and other diseases such as tuberculosis because of the poor condition they lived in (Sinclair,
2016). The truth and reconciliation commission report recognizes the growing crisis in the youth
of the indigenous community. The commission released 94 ‘calls to action ‘and requested all
levels of the government including the federal, territorial, provincial and aboriginal to come
together and work in order to change the policies with a serious effort. This is requested in order
to reconcile or repair the harm initiated by the residential schools and build a better future.

2ANALYTICAL ESSAY
According to the Truth and Reconciliation Report, it is nothing but the ‘cultural
genocide’. The collective version of all the recommendations to the issues is known as the ‘call
to action ‘. The calls to action starts from the call to the Pope to apologize in Canada. It also
comprises of calls to the medical and nursing schools to take part in the history and legacy of the
residential schools. The 94 calls to action is divided in two parts. The headings are named as
‘legacy’ and ‘reconciliation’ as informed by Maddison, Clark & De Costa, (2016). The Legacy
calls are needed when experiences are related to the commission, hearing occur. It also includes
child welfare, language, education, justice, health and culture. On the other hand, the
reconciliation calls are more detailed which can lead to reconciliation between the Canadian
people and the aboriginal people if implemented properly.
I believe that the government’s promise to implement these recommendations is less
important and less fruitful than the actual implementation of the recommendations. First of all, as
a Canadian by nationality, I will use ‘education’ for reconciliation among the communities in my
country. According to the truth and reconciliation commission, the government of Canada will
be called upon to establish a joint strategy in order to reduce the literacy and employment gaps
that is present between the aboriginal and the non-aboriginal residents of Canada. Following the
view of Rossiter & Burke Wood (2017), the federal government will also be called to avoid the
discrepancy in the educational funding between those students who are educated on reserves and
those who are educated off reserves. The annual reports have to be published to compare the
educational and income status of the aboriginals and the non-aboriginals. A new aboriginal draft
has to be prepared regarding the aboriginal education legislation with full consent of the
aboriginal community. Those aboriginal students who want higher studies will be facilitated by