Activist Indygo Arscott on decolonizing Canada's education system: 'Non-Native students deserve to know the truth behind their country’s history and Native students deserve to know that our history is NOT extracurricular' decolonizeont OrangeShirtDay
Every day, I sit in a grade 10 classroom in Toronto learning what my school board considers to be “Canadian history”—things like Canada’s role in World War I, the Charleston dance and the lyrics to “I Am The Walrus” by The Beatles.
Since grade 1, when kids used to make fun of me for being Native, I’ve usually been the only Indigenous person in the classroom. The topic of residential schools has always been close to my heart, so I already had boatloads of information on the topic—but it was interesting to see how those around me reacted to the skeletons kept in Canada’s closet. Responses varied from tears to confusion to laughter .
In the eyes of MacDonald, residential schools had two different purposes to serve Canada. They were to be a “solution” to the problem that he and many members of Canadian government at the time had with Indigenous peoples. MacDonald saw Canada’s Indigenous population as almost sub-human. As a burden. Opposite to what he wanted Canada to be.
I’ve experienced those consequences myself. Previous generations of my family have endured the trauma of residential schools first-hand. Due to this, my family members and I have almost totally forgotten where we come from, which means discussions about these issues are uncomfortable, exhausting and upsetting. I know I am not alone on this; there are other Indigenous children out there who have no idea who walked before them and have nobody around to ask.
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