Intro

This assignment was to learn more about first nation communities and residential schools. I worked alone and I chose St Anne’s residential school.

Podcast:

-Your experiences creating this assignment.

My experience while working on this assignment was mostly pretty good. I learned a lot while writing and researching. I have never made a podcast before so I got to experience that, it was pretty hard. Some things were pretty shocking but also not at the same time. Surprisingly, I actually was happy to experience something new and have a challenge rather than write an essay or something.

– Your group’s path in researching the topic.

I wanted to do the residential school topic but was unsure what school to pick so I resorted to Google. I searched up “The worst residential school in Canada” and St Anne’s came up. While researching I found out that it fits the title way too much. Sometimes I would get distracted just because the torture methods were crazy and I needed to back it up even though I know I won’t include it. I also spent a lot of time reading stories from survivors. As expected they were heartbreaking and apparently most survivors only got to share their stories when they reach adulthood due to the lack of knowledge of the subject. Which goes to show how important it is to learn more about their experiences.

– Obstacles or items you learnt in recording.

Since I worked alone it was hard to make it sound like a conversation or “bounce your ideas off each other”. I tried my best to sound conversational but while recording I found out that I have a very monotone voice. When reading my script I found that my voice sounds un normally high and it doesn’t sound natural. My mom likes to listen to Chinese podcasts when she drives to school but they were usually two people or more. Before recording, I listened to other solo podcasts and tutorial videos and they recommend pretending you are talking to a friend but my voice doesn’t sound like me at all not matter how hard I try to control it. Another problem I ran into was getting the chance to record. There were some rooms but most people got them so I and someone else split the time we spent in it. Overall, stressful but doable.

Option 1: Critical Thinking … How does your artifact tie in with what you have learned before? How has your thinking changed? 

During the process of this project, I already knew what residential schools were like but this one was beyond what I thought was bad. At first, I thought that the goal was to strip them of their culture but I think St Anne’s just wanted to kill them all. This project was to teach both others and me about St Anne’s residential school. Throughout my years at school, I learned many things about residential schools and their impact, the impact from this school was just as bad, if not worse. Before this project, it was just another residential school to me. After researching I understand why people called it hell on earth. I don’t think my thinking changed but I would say I am more educated now than before. Maybe you could say that now I know a lot more and can share a lot more. In conclusion, creating this project I used the knowledge I already knew and researched it bit more to teach other about it.

Sources:

School information:

https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA353214063&searchId=R3&tabID=T003&linkSource=termClusters&inPS=true&enforceAuth=true&userGroupName=43riss

1. Author- From The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
2. Name of webpage/article- St. Anne’s Residential School survivor says Ottawa ‘hiding evidence’- Gale Power Search
3. Publisher of the website- CQ-Roll Call, Inc.

The Cree Language:

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cree-syllabics#:~:text=The%20Cree%20language%20is%20often,the%20Rocky%20Mountains%20to%20Labrador  

1. Author- Regna Darnell
2. Name of webpage/article- Cree Languages- The Canadian Encyclopedia
3. Publisher of the website- Online- The Canadian Encyclopedia

Survivor Stories:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/st-anne-s-residential-school-one-survivor-s-story-1.2467924 

1. Author- Karina Roman
2. Name of webpage/article- St. Anne’s Residential School: One survivor’s story
3. Publisher of the website- CBC News

 Impact:

https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/article/a-fight-for-truth/ 

1. Author- Unknown
2. Name of webpage/article- A Fight for Truth
3. Publisher of the website- Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada

Lawsuits and Fight for Justice:

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/st-anne-residential-school-opp-documents 

1. Author- Jorge Barrera
2. Name of webpage/article- The horrors of St. Anne’s
3. Publisher of the website- CBC News

Cree People:

https://beaverlakecreenation.ca/community/history/#:~:text=The%20Cree%20are%20one%20of,Saskatchewan%20River%20to%20Fort%20Chipewyan.  

1. Author- Unknown
2. Name of webpage/article- Beaver Lake Cree History
3. Publisher of the website- Beaver Lake Cree Nation

Thank you for reading!