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"Native Canadians: A Plan for the Rehabilitation of Indians"
A pamphlet prepared by The Okanagan Society for the Revival of Indian Arts and Crafts that analyzes the current (1941) state of Settler-Aboriginal relations and suggests a series of short- and long-term suggestions to improve those relations. The…
Tags: Art, Committee, Education, Freedom of speech, Health, Indian, Indian Act, Indian Affairs, Long-term, Oliver, Ottawa, Rehabilitation, Residential School, Residential School Policy, Royal Commission, Short-term, The Okanagan Society for the Revival of Indian Arts and Crafts, United States, Veterans' Land Act
Alice Ravenhill to J.M Kennedy (Feb.6, 1941)
One of several form letters Alice Ravenhill sent out to the principals and teachers Indian Residential and Day schools across British Columbia to inquire about existing arts-based education initiatives and to invite these educators to join the…
Alice Ravenhill to John Laurie (Sept.15, 1941)
A useful overview of the goals of the British Columbia Indian Arts and Crafts Welfare Society (BCIACWS) and how it came to be. Ravenhill responds to Laurie’s request for information on how to start up a Committee similar to by touching on the…
Tags: A.E. Pickford, Adaptation, Alberta, Alcohol, Alice Ravenhill, Anthony Walsh, Art, Crafts, Designs, Disease, Dr. McGill, Indian Affairs, John Laurie, Legend, MacMillan, Needlework, Nuns, Ottawa, Oxford University Press, Petroglyph, Racism, Reproduce, Residential School, Responsibility, Roman Catholic, St. Anns, Teachers, The British Columbia Indian Arts and Crafts Welfare Society, Training, Victoria
Alice Ravenhill to Miss Aitken (Feb.6, 1941)
One of several form letters Alice Ravenhill sent out to the principals and teachers Indian Residential and Day schools across British Columbia to inquire about existing arts-based education initiatives and to invite these educators to join the…
Noel Stewart to Alice Ravenhill (Sept.4, 1941)
Stewart writes to inform Ravenhill that as acting Principal of St. George’s Indian Residential School, he has just received a visit from several high-ranking government officials from Ottawa. He tells her that there is less and less time devoted to…