History of Colonialism: In Igluligaarjuk(Chesterfield Inlet) Nunavut, where we were assembled for school, we were told to forget our language. We got hit by our teacher, with a yard(meter) stick for speaking Eskimo in the classroom: Dont ever let me hear you speak that language again in this classroom! In September 1958, during my first year, my teacher scolded me severely in front of the other kids. Forget about your language, your culture. You are here to learn to speak and write English and to do arithmetic. When we were taken away forcibly to residential school to attend Turquetil Hall/Sir Joseph Bernier School, we, as children, were helpless and voiceless. Our parents - who up til then had full responsibility for their children - suddenly saw them taken away, felt powerless against the government and the clergy, and accepted the actions of these people.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 10:56:18 +0000
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