- Title:
- Settler Colonial Power and Indigenous Survival: Hockey Programs at Three Indian Residential Schools in Northwestern Ontario and Manitoba, 1929-1969
- Creator:
- Narraway, Andrew
- Date Created:
- 2018
- Degree Awarded:
- Master of Arts
- Subjects:
- Canadian History Education - History of Native American Studies First Nations
- Geographical Focus:
- Canada Manitoba
- Supporting Materials:
- n/a
- Description:
- Despite the growing national interest and body of literature concerning the Indian Residential School System, there has been little acknowledgement of the history of hockey within these schools. This thesis is an examination of hockey programs at three Protestant-run Indian residential schools in northwestern Ontario and western Manitoba during the middle of the twentieth century. By using church and government documents, this study highlights the complex relationship between settler colonialism, sport, and Indigenous survival. It reveals that while hockey was implemented into residential school curriculum as a means of assimilation, public relations, and eventually integration, it was also a space of negotiation, entertainment, identity, and even survival for Indigenous children within these schools. Microlevel decisions and effects greatly influenced the advancement of hockey from a local-level disciplinary technique to a federally mandated aspect of Indian education.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Narraway, Andrew. 2018. "Settler Colonial Power and Indigenous Survival: Hockey Programs at Three Indian Residential Schools in Northwestern Ontario and Manitoba, 1929-1969", Department of History, Carleton University
- Link to this page:
- https://cuhistory.github.io/grads/items/hist_34.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Copyright the author, all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.