The colonial project helped acclimate settlers with indigenous practices. This process was part of an effort to reshape settler identities and integrate Indigenous cultural elements. This was done by teaching them indigenous culture.
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These are difficult stories. We bear witness in this chapter to the role of sport in furthering the settler colonial projects throughout Turtle Island. Here are some supports to access in the community and from a distance:
First Peoples House of Learning Cultural Support & Counselling
Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwag Services Circle (Counselling & Healing Services for Indigenous Women & their Families) – 1-800-663-2696
Nogojiwanong Friendship Centre (705) 775-0387
Peterborough Community Counselling Resource Centre: (705) 742-4258
Hope for Wellness – Indigenous help line (online chat also available) – 1-855-242-3310
LGBT Youthline: askus@youthline.ca or text (647)694-4275
National Indian Residential School Crisis Line – 1-866-925-4419
Talk4Healing (a culturally-grounded helpline for Indigenous women):1-855-5544-HEAL
Section One: History
A) The Residential School System
Exercise 1: Notebook Prompt
We are asked to honour these stories with open hearts and open minds.
Which part of the chapter stood out to you? What were your feelings as you read it? (50 words)
| The part of the chapter that stood out to me was when they talked about Native people enlisting and supporting the army during the first world war. It shocked me that at first Canada wanted to limit letting them join the military. But it was nice to see how proud they were and willing to help
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B) Keywords
Exercise 2: Notebook Prompt
Briefly define (point form is fine) one of the keywords in the padlet (may be one that you added yourself).
| Settler Colonialism is when people from a different part of the world come to a new place that is already occupied by indigenous people and they try to take over it. They try to steal the indigenous peoples resources and force their culture upon them while trying to take control of the land.
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C) Settler Colonialism
Exercise 3: Complete the Activities
- Durable
2) Deep
3) True
What is the role of sport in settler colonial projects?
Appropriating the body cultures of Indigenous peoples.
Controlling the bodies of indigenous peoples
Exercise 4: Notebook Prompt
Although we have discussed in this module how the colonial project sought to suppress Indigenous cultures, it is important to note that it also appropriates and adapts Indigenous cultures and “body movement practices” (75) as part of a larger endeavour to “make settlers Indigenous” (75).
What does this look like? (write 2 or 3 sentences)
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D) The Colonial Archive
Exercise 5: Complete the Activities
1. Most photos were taken for official reporting reasons and therefore “connote meanings tied to church and state objectives” (51).
2. Images curated to suggest “a sheltered and productive school environment” that was “efficient, well-managed, and orderly” created a false familiarity for readers who are invited to superimpose their own educational experiences onto what they see” (51)
3. Widely circulating generic images convey a sense that faces are i and erase individual Indigenous
Section Two: Reconciliation
A) Reconciliation?
Exercise 6: Activity and Notebook Prompt
Visit the story called “The Skate” for an in-depth exploration of sport in the residential school system. At the bottom of the page you will see four questions to which you may respond by tweet, facebook message, or email:
How much freedom did you have to play as a child?
What values do we learn from different sports and games?
When residential staff took photos, what impression did they try to create?
Answer one of these questions (drawing on what you have learned in section one of this module or prior reading) and record it in your Notebook.
| I learned many values from playing sports as kid. For starters you learn things that help you as an individual such as the importance of hard work, effort, discipline, and accountability. Then there is also the team aspect where you learn how to work alongside others, get along with others, and respect other players and coaches. These are lessons that stick with children forever.
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B) Redefining Sport
B) Sport as Medicine
Exercise 7: Notebook Prompt
Make note of the many ways sport is considered medicine by the people interviewed in this video.
| They describe sport as a powerful tool for reclaiming identity, restoring cultural practices, and fostering mental and physical well-being. Through participation sports, people reconnect with their heritage, build community bonds, and promote holistic health. This makes sport a cultural and personal medicine
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C) Sport For development
Exercise 7: Notebook Prompt
What does Waneek Horn-Miller mean when she says that the government is “trying but still approaching Indigenous sport development in a very colonial way”?
| Miller is talking about how efforts to support Indigenous athletes, westernized programs often impose competitive structures and governance models that don’t align with Indigenous values, like community, spirituality, and collective well-being. |
Exercise 8: Padlet Prompt
Add an image or brief comment reflecting some of “binding cultural symbols that constitute Canadian hockey discourse in Canada.” Record your responses in your Notebook as well.
| Two images that stick out to me are the hockey canada logo and the toronto maple leafs logo. The toronto maple leafs are probably the most popular brand in all of hockey, they are known worldwide as both the most loved and hated team in hockey. For their logo to be a maple leaf which is also a symbol for Canada shows how connected hockey and canada are. Also, the hockey canada logo is legitimatley a maple leaf with a hockey player in it. It doesn’t get anymore canadian then that.
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Section Three: Decolonization
Please see the major assignment for this half of the term in the final section of this chapter.
