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The Residential School Experiences in Drew Hayden Taylor’s Motorcycles & Sweetgrass and Tomson Highway’s Kiss of the Fur Queen
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In Canada, the residential school system established in the nineteenth century remains a dark chapter in the nation’s history. The schools operated under that system were one of the major instruments used by the government to assimilate Aboriginal people into mainstream Canadian society. Based on the assumption that children were easier to manipulate and control than adults, the residential school system targeted Aboriginal children. As a common theme in Canadian Aboriginal literature, residential school experiences are represented in Drew Hayden Taylor’s Motorcycles & Sweetgrass and Tomson Highway’s Kiss of the Fur Queen. The present paper focuses on the traumatic residential school experiences depicted in the two novels as well as their long-term effects. Healing the wounds of history remains a daunting task for the Canadian government.
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This paper reads Drew Hayden Taylor's *Motorcycles & Sweetgrass* (2010) and Tomson Highway's *Kiss of the Fur Queen* (1998) as literary representations of Canada's residential school system, arguing that the schools forcibly severed children from family, identity, language, and culture while exposing them to physical and sexual abuse with lifelong consequences. It frames these fictional depictions against a historical account of the system from its 17th-century missionary origins to the 1996 closure of the Gordon Residential School.
Key findings
- Forced removal from home is shown as compulsory and legally enforced: the Indian Act was amended in 1920 to make attendance mandatory for Indian children aged seven to fifteen, and parents who refused faced legal penalties. In *Kiss of the Fur Queen*, Abraham cites the Indian Agent's "orders" and "the law" as the reason Jeremiah must go at seven.
- Identity was stripped through forced haircuts, European uniforms, re-naming (Lillian/"Mizhakwan" becomes Lillian; Jeremiah's "Champion" becomes Jeremiah; Chugweesees becomes "Jane"), and Christian indoctrination — including a heaven-and-hell chart in which Jeremiah "could nevertheless not find a single Aboriginal person."
- Native language was banned and punished: in *Motorcycles & Sweetgrass*, "words other than English or Latin were unchristian and those who used them were punished severely," and Sammy Aandeg is beaten "practically every day"; in *Kiss of the Fur Queen*, a token contest rewards boys for catching peers speaking Cree. Jeremiah loses Cree after his first year and later "can nevertheless not even understand the basics of Cree."
- Abuse is pervasive: physical (beating, lashing, confinement in a shed) in both novels, and sexual abuse — portrayed only in Highway's novel — with Father Lafleur assaulting both Gabriel and Jeremiah. Long-term effects depicted include Sammy's "shell-shock," nightmares and alcoholism, Jeremiah's sadomasochistic tendencies, and Gabriel's promiscuity and eventual AIDS.
Methods
- Comparative close reading of two novels — Taylor's *Motorcycles & Sweetgrass* and Highway's *Kiss of the Fur Queen* — organized thematically around four topics: forced separation from family, loss of identity, loss of language, and abuse.
- Historical context drawn from secondary sources, chiefly the Truth and Reconciliation Commission reports (*The History*, Parts 1 and 2; *A Knock on the Door*), Miller (1996), Barman et al. (1986), Daly (2014), and Florence (2015), tracing the system from a 1620 Récollet boarding school near Québec City to the 1996 closure of the Gordon Residential School in Saskatchewan.
- Literary-critical sources (McKegney 2005; Buzny 2011) are used to support interpretation of specific scenes, particularly the sexual abuse passages.
Limitations
- Not stated in the paper: the article contains no explicit limitations section.
- Evident from the text: the analysis is confined to two novels and does not engage other residential school narratives or survivor testimony directly; the historical section relies entirely on secondary and TRC sources rather than archival research; and the treatment of sexual abuse rests on a single novel, so the paper's broader claims about abuse are supported unevenly across its two primary texts.
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“In fact, even for siblings of the same sex, their interaction is constantly monitored and restricted in the schools.”
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“In Kiss of the Fur Queen , the experience of having their hair cut is very traumatic and humiliating for Aboriginal children.”
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“The residential school system made many Native parents feel sad rather than happy about their children's growth, as evidenced in Kiss of the Fur Queen .”
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“In the fictional Birch Lake Indian Residential School, the strict gender segregation makes it almost impossible for boys and girls, even brothers and sisters, to communicate with each other.”
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“Due to his refusal to give up his Native tongue, Lillian's cousin Sammy Aandeg suffers constant physical abuse from school staff”
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“another horrific type of abuse, namely sexual abuse, is portrayed only in Highway's Kiss of the Fur Queen”
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“Even after discovering his HIV-positive status, he cannot stop repeating his abuse.”
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“In the futile process of erasing memories of his abusive experiences, Sammy has become strongly dependent on alcohol, which confirms a direct correlation between alcoholism and residential school abuse.”
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“Similarly, Aboriginal children in Kiss of the Fur Queen are not permitted to speak their own language once they leave home and enter residential school.”
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“Lillian's grandson Virgil, for example, belongs to a generation 'whose knowledge of Anishnawbe was weak or non-existent' (Taylor, 2011, p.150).”
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“When Jeremiah tries to comfort Gabriel, who is terrified on his arrival at the school, by speaking to him in their Native tongue, he is immediately instructed by Father Lafleur to stop doing that.”
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“In Aboriginal culture, hair represented a special spiritual significance of one's life and spirit.”
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“Normal interaction between Aboriginal boys and girls, which occurs daily in their home communities, is irrationally sexualized by school authorities.”
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“It is undoubted that the gender divisions in the residential schools severely damage the bonds between siblings.”
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“The residential school system resulted in an irreparable disconnect between Aboriginal students and their families at home, which can be observed in Kiss of the Fur Queen .”
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“Besides, children were required to wear European-style school uniforms in place of their Aboriginal clothing.”
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“Upon arriving at the schools, Aboriginal children were forced to have their hair cut.”
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“Obviously, the Okimasis parents have no voice in determining the educational matters of their children.”
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“Another identity-stripping tactic employed by the school authority was to replace children's Native names with white Christian names.”
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“It is apparent that in the re-naming process the school administrators take no account of the children's feelings.”
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“The proscription of Native languages disempowered Aboriginal children in that it hindered them from fully expressing themselves, as reflected in the following dialogue between Jeremiah and Father Lafleur:”
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“As a result, they lost their connection with Native spirituality.”
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“Furthermore, the unique Aboriginal identity of children was erased through forced Christian indoctrination.”
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“The abuse suffered by residential school students had some devastating effects on their future lives.”
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“Such is the case in both of the selected novels.”
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“A good number of former students had to cope with symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder such as insomnia, eating disorders, panic attacks, uncontrollable anger, alcohol and drug abuse, sexual inadequacy or addiction, and the inability to form intimate relationships (Steckley and Cummins, 2001, p.193).”
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“It is also worth noting that the Christian curriculum was designed to make children feel ashamed of their Aboriginal identity.”
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“Obviously, the curriculum is marked by racist derogation of Aboriginal people.”
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“The association of Aboriginal people with punishment-deserving sinners is bound to lead some of the children to reject their Aboriginal identity and dream of becoming as white as possible.”
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“Refusing to be a passive victim of sexual abuse, he tries to regain his lost power and control over his own sexuality by actively participating in sexual encounters with different men.”
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“The loss of Native language is explicitly evidenced in the character of Jeremiah in Kiss of the Fur Queen .”
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“The residential schools depicted in the above works of fiction severely estrange the characters from their Native roots and inflict tremendous anguish on them.”
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“The loss of the Cree language alienates him from his family.”
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“There is no denying that Gabriel's sexual abuse profoundly shapes his perverse adult sexuality.”
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“Since beating and lashing are obvious forms of physical abuse, attention will be paid here only to close confinement, which occurs as a disguised form of physical abuse in Motorcycles & Sweetgrass.”
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“Early in both novels, the compulsory nature of residential schooling is clearly revealed to the reader.”
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“It revolves around two Cree brothers, Jeremiah and Gabriel Okimasis, who manage to heal from the trauma inflicted upon them by an abusive residential school and fulfill their artistic potentials.”
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“Associating sexual activity with sin and shame, Jeremiah initially chooses to lead an asexual ascetic life.”
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“In Motorcycles & Sweetgrass , Lillian undergoes the loss of her own name in the residential school. Christened Lillian by Sister Agnes, she is not allowed to use her Anishnawbe name 'Mizhakwan' anymore, which was given to her by her grandmother.”
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“Many years later, after Jeremiah finishes residential school and moves to Winnipeg, he can nevertheless not even understand the basics of Cree.”
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“Placing a hand on the boy's thigh, the principal says, ''There, there. You'll be happy here with us'' (Highway, 2000, p.54).”
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“He uses classical music as a coping strategy to deal with his abuse and immerses himself in playing the piano.”
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“Among them, Sammy Aandeg is the most frequent visitor to the shed.”
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“In the fictional residential schools, child abuse is a commonplace phenomenon.”
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“Fortunately, he unexpectedly recovers his Native tongue shortly afterwards.”
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“Like Gabriel, he is brutally raped by Father Lafleur on one night, who only gives him a chocolate bar as payment for the abuse.”
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“Near the end of the novel, the reader finds out that Jeremiah is also a victim of sexual abuse when his repressed memory of the traumatic experience returns in a reverie.”
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“both of the selected novels address the topic of physical abuse”
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“By contrast, Gabriel embraces promiscuous homosexuality.”
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“To enter the white world, he strives to become the first Cree concert pianist.”
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In the paper
“The novel also presents the use of physical punishment for those who continue to speak their Native tongue.”
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In the paper
“From Kiss of the Fur Queen , the reader learns that many children just blindly followed the Christian rules and customs without a real understanding of the religion.”
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In the paper
“However, despite having won a major piano competition, he still cannot integrate into white society.”
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In the paper
“Feeling deeply hurt, Gabriel vows to revenge himself on Jeremiah.”
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In the paper
“Meanwhile, unfortunately, his musical achievement is not valued by many of his own people.”
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In the paper
“After being caught singing the Cree song 'Kimoosoom Chimasoo,' Gabriel is ferociously lashed by Father Lafleur.”
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In the paper
“While Lillian secretly visits Sammy, who was locked into a shed by Father McKenzie, she is afraid of being caught speaking Anishnawbe with him, and thus switches several times quickly back to English.”
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In the paper
“The two brothers have no alternative but to walk together to school in silence.”
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In the paper
“In both novels, such a separation is an experience of sadness and helplessness.”
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In the paper
“Later while engaging in heterosexual intimacy, Jeremiah can only derive sexual gratification from pain and violence.”
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“Happening to witness Gabriel's rape by Father Lafleur, Jeremiah associates the sexual abuser with the cannibalistic Weetigo, a terrifying monster in Cree mythology.”
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In the paper
“In order to effectively stop children from speaking their own language, the school authority in the novel implements a contest in which 'the boy who acquired the greatest number of tokens from other boys by catching them speaking Cree was awarded a toy at month's end' (p.63).”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites p.63
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- Not matched
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In the paper
“The prohibition of Native language use is clearly illustrated in Motorcycles & Sweetgrass .”
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In the paper
“For the teacher who strives to 'civilize the Native people,' it is completely intolerable that 'this young Indian boy would dare to corrupt what he considered the most beautiful words ever written, by speaking them in a filthy bastard language' (p.171-72).”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites p.171-72
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In the paper
“Decades after he leaves, he is still tortured every night by nightmares about life in the school.”
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In the paper
“Deeply influenced by his abusive past, Gabriel even chooses a priest and a priestly mentor as his lovers.”
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In the paper
“Indeed, he struggles to deny the cruel reality: 'It had happened to nobody. He had not seen what he was seeing' (Highway, 2000, p.80).”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites (Highway, 2000, p.80)
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- Not matched
In the paper
“At the residential school in the novel, a special shed is used like a jail for locking up 'Indian boys and girls who misbehaved' (Taylor, 2011, p.11).”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Taylor, 2011, p.11
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In the paper
“After 'crucifying' the almost naked Gabriel, they rush off to supper, leaving him alone in the schoolyard.”
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In the paper
“As Taylor writes, he is 'locked in a bygone era, unable to process or cage the memories' (2011, p.254).”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites (2011, p.254)
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In the paper
“In one lesson, Father Lafleur shows the children a large chart illustrating heaven and hell. On the chart, heaven is populated by 'beautiful blond men with feathery wings and flowing white dresses' (p.59), in which Jeremiah can nevertheless not find a single Aboriginal person. By contrast, hell is pictured as the only place where Aboriginal people belong.”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites p.59
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In the paper
“Later in the novel, Highway gives a detailed account of Gabriel's sexual abuse at the hands of Father Lafleur.”
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In the paper
“In Motorcycles & Sweetgrass and Kiss of the Fur Queen , the forms of physical abuse include beating, lashing, and close confinement.”
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Once, when he is locked there by Father McKenzie, he is forced to recite all the monologues in Shakespeare's Hamlet to obtain his release.”
plaindirectSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Aboriginal students are constantly at risk of falling victim to physical and sexual abuse.”
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Consequently, he is confused about his identity. He cannot truly fit in either the dominant society or his own Aboriginal society.”
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“In several places in Motorcycles & Sweetgrass , Taylor mentions that most of the younger generations in Lillian's community do not speak their traditional Anishnawbe language.”
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Believing that their parents will not help them and even 'side with Father Lafleur,' Jeremiah and Gabriel choose to keep silent about their abuse.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“When Sammy translates the plays of Shakespeare into Anishnawbe, his own Native language, he greatly irritates Father McKenzie.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Only by placing the book just right is Sammy able to read it in the moonlight.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“For Jeremiah's sister Chugweesees, the replacement of her illustrious name with the plain Christian name 'Jane' is rather annoying, since it leads the others to identify her with 'the unfortunate halitosis-stricken Jane Kaka McCrae, the most slovenly woman in Eemanapiteepitat' (Highway, 2000, p.71).”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Highway, 2000, p.71
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- Not matched
In the paper
“Submitting to the language ban, Jeremiah 'felt a choke breaking against his throat' (Highway, 2000, p.70).”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Highway, 2000, p.70
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plainSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“In fact, Jeremiah is only regarded by the public as an exception.”
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In the paper
“For fear of punishment, other students only dare to speak their Native language when there are no teachers in earshot.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“The shed is cold, dark, and dirty, in which there is neither bed nor food.”
plainSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“as John/Nanabush recounts Sammy's miserable experiences: 'They beat him practically every day. I think to the point it made him kinda crazy' (p.172).”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites p.172
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hedgeddirectSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Any violation of the language ban would result in brutal corporal punishment.”
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In the paper
“The assimilation process at the residential school makes Jeremiah desire to become a white man.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“His promiscuity eventually leads to his contracting AIDS.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“In both novels, children are forbidden to use their Native language and only allowed to speak English.”
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“When he returns home after his first year at residential school, he loses his ability to speak Cree for a brief time.”
plainSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Like Gabriel, he is brutally raped by Father Lafleur on one night, who only gives him a chocolate bar as payment for the abuse.”
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Upon entering residential schools, as evidenced by the two selected novels, children were forced to learn Christianity and perform Christian rituals.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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- Rests on an assumption: The two selected novels accurately reflect the residential school experiences and practices of Aboriginal children.
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In the paper
“Similarly, in Kiss of the Fur Queen , Jeremiah's Native name 'Champion' is considered invalid by Father Lafleur. The boy is told that his name should be Jeremiah according to the baptismal registry.”
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Deeply traumatized, Jeremiah feels that 'some chamber deep inside his mind slammed permanently shut'.”
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“At the residential school Lillian attends, 'words other than English or Latin were unchristian and those who used them were punished severely' (Taylor, 2011, p.10).”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Taylor, 2011, p.10
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plaindirectSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“It is inevitable that the geographical dislocation of the children breaks family ties and severs their connections with their home communities.”
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In the paper
“The schools operated under that system were one of the major instruments used by the government to assimilate Aboriginal people into mainstream Canadian society.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Like the forced haircut, the school uniform makes them resemble White children in appearance, thus further destroying their sense of belonging to their own people.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Based on the assumption that children were easier to manipulate and control than adults, the residential school system targeted Aboriginal children.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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- The authors state this as an assumption: Children were easier to manipulate and control than adults.
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In the paper
“The children's loss of their own clothes signifies their loss of personal identity.”
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“In his first and only novel, Kiss of the Fur Queen , Highway deals with the residential school life and its detrimental effects on students in a much more detailed way.”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Highway, 2000
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- Not matchedcites Taylor, 2011
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In the paper
“By forcibly stripping Aboriginal children of their language, spirituality, and any other connections to their own culture, residential schools committed an act of cultural genocide, which was destructive to the transmission of Aboriginal culture to future generations.”
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In the paper
“The legacy of the residential school continues to haunt the small First Nations reserve.”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Taylor, 2011
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- Not matched
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In the paper
“Due to a lack of government oversight, children were vulnerable to various forms of abuse in residential schools.”
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In the paper
“By imposing European-style haircuts on the children, school administrators intended to erode their Native identity.”
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In the paper
“As a common theme in Canadian Aboriginal literature, residential school experiences are represented in Drew Hayden Taylor's Motorcycles & Sweetgrass and Tomson Highway's Kiss of the Fur Queen .”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Taylor, 2011
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- Not matchedcites Highway, 2000
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- Not matched
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In the paper
“A common feature shared by all residential schools is that they stripped students of their identity.”
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In the paper
“Based on the personal experiences of Highway and his brother René , the novel was first published in 1998 and provoked a stir among both Native and non-Native readers.”
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In the paper
“Although the novel is mainly concerned with aspects of contemporary life in the Anishnawbe community of Otter Lake, it also offers the reader an insight into the traumatic past experienced by a vanishing generation of people who attended residential school.”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Taylor, 2011
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In the paper
“For many of them, their traumatic residential school experiences radically changed their future lives.”
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In the paper
“The threefold braid, which was a traditional hairstyle for Native people, symbolizes the unity of body, mind, and spirit (Florence, 2015, p.17).”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Florence, 2015
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In the paper
“Like haircutting in the army and prison, the compulsory haircuts removed the children's individuality.”
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In the paper
“which was destructive to the transmission of Aboriginal culture to future generations.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Both Taylor and Highway address Aboriginal children's loss of identity in the residential schools.”
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In the paper
“In this process, he actually re-enacts his abuse.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“frequent physical punishment, experienced or witnessed by them, caused them to become numb to violent acts and lose empathy for their victimized peers.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“In this scene, Gabriel is assaulted not only by the lascivious priest, but also by the seemingly 'living, breathing' Christ.”
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“The residential schools depicted in the above works of fiction severely estrange the characters from their Native roots and inflict tremendous anguish on them.”
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In the paper
“The foreshadowing of sexual abuse can be seen in Jeremiah's first encounter with Father Lafleur.”
plaincorrelational- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Subject to a regime of forced assimilation, Aboriginal children in the selected novels undergo the process of losing their individuality and Aboriginal identity.”
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In the paper
“In the long term, they lose another important connection with their family and heritage.”
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In the paper
“In Kiss of the Fur Queen , the violent recreation of the crucifixion scene reflects the children's indifference toward brutality.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Stripped of his own language, Jeremiah is unable to speak out his mind clearly. As a result, he appears complicit with the school authority.”
hedgeddirectSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Having been raped by the head priest of the residential school, Gabriel associates sex with power and control.”
plaincorrelational- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“He is so powerless that he cannot speak or react to protect his younger brother.”
plainSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“continued physical abuse provoked their resentment and prompted them to think about running away.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“They are so brutalized, humiliated, and isolated that they refuse to speak openly about their sufferings.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Given that Aboriginal culture is usually passed on orally, the loss of language is destined to cause enormous cultural losses to Aboriginal communities.”
boosteddirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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- Rests on an assumption: Aboriginal culture is usually passed on orally.
- Rests on an assumption: Many Aboriginal students gradually forgot their Native language during their long stay in English-speaking school environment.
A conclusion the paper draws from its own results — it cites no other source for it, so there is none to check. The quote shows it is in the paper.
In the paper
“Due to the sexual abuse he suffered at residential school, Jeremiah has a strong aversion to homosexuality and cannot understand his brother's homosexual lifestyle at all.”
boosteddirectSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“In the futile process of erasing memories of his abusive experiences, Sammy has become strongly dependent on alcohol, which confirms a direct correlation between alcoholism and residential school abuse.”
boostedcorrelationalSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“The formerly close bond between the two brothers is greatly undermined.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“According to Buzny, 'Gabriel's abuse is the genesis for the affective states of his future sexual encounters' (2011, p.8).”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Buzny, 2011
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plaindirectSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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- Not matched
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In the paper
“Due to the sexual abuse he suffered at residential school, Jeremiah has a strong aversion to homosexuality and cannot understand his brother's homosexual lifestyle at all.”
boosteddirectSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“It is remarkable that the traumatic experiences of the characters have lifelong repercussions on them.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“When the boy becomes conscious of the priest's molestation, his reaction reveals his fear, innocence, and confusion:”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Stripped of their own language, children become unable to communicate and express themselves effectively.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“For Sammy in Motorcycles & Sweetgrass , his repeated experiences of abuse at residential school make him suffer from 'a form of shell-shock' for the rest of his life.”
plaindirectSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Empowered to take a dominant position in the fictional abusive situation, Jeremiah and his friends become abusers themselves.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Such a contest causes students to monitor and compete with each other, which destroys their mutual trust and solidarity.”
plaindirectSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“As can already be seen above, physical abuse was rampant in residential schools.”
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“The residential schools' complete denial of their culture inevitably influences them to reject their Native heritage.”
boosteddirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“His words and behavior seem to carry a deep sexual undertone.”
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In the paper
“The loss of identity directly caused many Aboriginal children to experience an identity crisis later in life, as reflected in Kiss of the Fur Queen .”
plaindirectSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“Locking children in such a place for a long period of time is actually an indirect way of abusing them.”
plaindirectSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“As McKegney points out, 'Christ endeavors to force himself into the sanctified space of the boy's mouth, presumably preparing him to pay lip-service to the 'true' religion while renouncing the legitimacy of Cree”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites McKegney
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In the paper
“His abusive past directly results in his sadomasochistic tendencies.”
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In the paper
“At this point, I agree with McKegney that the scene offers 'an almost cliché d illustration of the symbolic rape of Indigenous cultures by evangelical Christianity' (2005, p.89-90).”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites McKegney, 2005
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In the paper
“For him, sex is a mere coping mechanism for his memories of abuse, which enables him to feel that '[his] body is still alive' (Highway, 2000, p.207).”
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Highway, 2000
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plaindirectSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“In Kiss of the Fur Queen , the Okimasis brothers' violation by Father Lafleur causes them to deviate from normative sexuality as they enter young adulthood.”
plaindirect- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“It is nevertheless a sad fact that many students were unwilling to disclose their abuse, as also shown in the novel.”
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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In the paper
“In this sense, he has to face discrimination from both sides.”
plainSingle case- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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The authors state this as an assumption.
Children were easier to manipulate and control than adults.
“Based on the assumption that children were easier to manipulate and control than adults, the residential school system targeted Aboriginal children.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Most Aboriginal children forced to leave home for residential school felt very lonely and homesick.
“Forced to leave home for residential school, most Aboriginal children felt very lonely and homesick.”
The paper relies on this without support.
There were often attempts by some Aboriginal children to run away from residential school.
“There were often attempts made by some of them to run away from school.”
The paper relies on this without support.
If caught and brought back, runaway Aboriginal children would be severely punished.
“But if they were caught and brought back, they would be severely punished.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Native languages were widely viewed as inferior to English in colonialist ideology.
“This mirrors the widespread colonialist view which sees Native languages as inferior to English.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The two selected novels accurately reflect the residential school experiences and practices of Aboriginal children.
“Upon entering residential schools, as evidenced by the two selected novels, children were forced to learn Christianity and perform Christian rituals.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Aboriginal culture is usually passed on orally.
“Given that Aboriginal culture is usually passed on orally, the loss of language is destined to cause enormous cultural losses to Aboriginal communities.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Corporal punishment was frequently dished out to children to ensure their obedience and compliance.
“Corporal punishment was frequently dished out to children to ensure their obedience and compliance.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Many Aboriginal students gradually forgot their Native language during their long stay in English-speaking school environment.
“During their long period of stay in the English-speaking school environment, many Aboriginal students gradually forgot their Native language.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The residential school system effectively broke Aboriginal children's family ties by forcibly removing them from their families.
“By forcibly removing Aboriginal children from their families, the residential school system effectively broke their family ties.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The removal of Aboriginal children from their homes impedes their later reentry into their families and communities.
“It is noteworthy that the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes impedes their later reentry into their families and communities.”
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The loss of one's Native language is a painful aspect of the residential school experience.
“The loss of one's Native language is another painful aspect of the residential school experience.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The loss of language caused by the schools usually has a multigenerational effect on Aboriginal communities.
“The loss of language caused by the schools usually has a multigenerational effect on Aboriginal communities.”
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The painful memories of abuse usually haunt residential school survivors for the rest of their lives and lead them to adopt destructive coping methods.
“The painful memories of abuse usually haunt residential school survivors for the rest of their lives and lead them to adopt destructive coping methods.”
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- [12][12] Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. (2015). A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press. <!-- image --> Chengcheng Song was born in Shandong, China in 1987. She majored in MA North American Studies and MA German as Foreign Language at Philipps University of Marburg. Her research interests include literature of the United States and Canada, American cultural studies, foreign language didactics, and German teaching and studies. Her doctoral dissertation is on the teaching and acquisition of grammatical genders of German nouns.
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- Authors
- Song, C.
- Affiliations
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Song, Chengcheng
- Venue
- Theory and Practice in Language Studies
- Publisher
- Academy Publication
- Published
- 2018-12-01
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1575
- ISSN
- 1799-2591 (ISSN-L)
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- W2903237856
- Semantic Scholar
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- Citations by year
- 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 0.24
- Type
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- Language
- en
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- Locations
- Theory and Practice in Language Studies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Memory, Trauma, and Testimony
- Keywords
- residential schools, indigenous children, Tomson Highway, Kiss of the Fur Queen, cultural assimilation, trauma, intergenerational effects, healing
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