Remember it was expensive to run the residential schools, so their next plan was (closed) adoptions that were cheaper and more permanent. Our records were sealed. We disappear... The Indian Adoption Projects and ARENA (Adoption Resource Exchange of America and Canada) were cultural genocide... intentional moving children from the Canada to the US and vice versa.
Apooyak’ii, Dr. Tiffany Prete: The Kainai Stolen Children Era
Did you know Indigenous children in Canada endured more than just Indian residential schools during the stolen children era? Indeed, they did. In fact, for over a century, the Canadian government used several school models to try to assimilate Indigenous children.
University of Lethbridge sociology professor Apooyak’ii, Dr. Tiffany Prete, talks about The Kainai Stolen Children Era. ICYMI: Watch the video
Apooyak’ii/Dr. Tiffany Prete (nee Hind Bull) is a member of the Kainai (Blood Tribe) of the Siksikasitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy), located in the Treaty 7 area. Her program of work is comprised of implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action on the Blood Reserve. Prete’s background is in educational policy studies, specializing in Indigenous Peoples education. Her area of expertise includes Indigenous secondary retention rates within the public school system, Blackfoot historical research, impacts of colonization, intergenerational trauma, and Indigenous research methodologies.
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