Full Description
Left out of the national apology and reconciliation process begun in 2008, survivors of residential schools in Labrador and Newfoundland received a formal apology from the Canadian government in 2017. This recognition finally brought them into the circle of residential school survivors across Canada, and acknowledged their experiences as similarly painful and traumatic.
For years, the story of residential schools has been told by the authorities who ran them. A Long Journey helps redress this imbalance by listening closely to the accounts of former students, as well as drawing extensively on government, community, and school archives. The book examines the history of boarding schools in Labrador and St. Anthony, and, in doing so, contextualizes the ongoing determination of Indigenous communities to regain control over their children's education.
Contents
Foreword by James Igloliorte vii
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction: The Journey of Reconciliation 1
PART ONE: The Peoples of Labrador
1. The Peoples of Labrador: Life Before the Boarding Schools 17
PART TWO: The Moravian Mission Boarding Schools
2. The Moravian Church in Labrador 31
3. Early Moravian Schooling: Teaching the Gospel of Christ 45
4. The Makkovik Boarding School 63
5. The Nain Boarding School 107
6. A New Boarding School Considered 163
PART THREE: The International Grenfell Association Boarding Schools
7. Wilfred Grenfell and the Grenfell Mission 177
8. The Children's Home at St. Anthony 197
9. The Cartwright Area Boarding Schools 247
10. The St. Mary's River Boarding School 305
11. The Yale School and Dormitories of North West River 313
12. Boycotts and Protests: Inuit Demand More Control 367
PART FOUR: The Innu Experience
13. Labrador Innu, Roman Catholic Schooling, and the IGA Boarding Schools 383
Conclusion: Moving towards Respectful Relationships 399
Appendix 1: Record of Children at the Children's Home, 1929 413
Appendix 2: Record of Children at Lockwood Boarding School, 1935-36 414
Appendix 3: Record of Children at St. Mary's River Boarding School, 1935-36 415
Notes 417
Bibliography 479
Index 489
