Native Girl Syndrome: Colonialism in In Search of April Raintree and Real Life

Virginia Woolf Group

Maura Martina Emily Middlestead Rachel Ort Emily Rempel Natasha Rupp

Introduction

Why we chose In Search of April Raintree

Colonialism was that thing that shaped April and Cheryl's lives drastically

We saw the effects in everyday life

Colonization: the economic cultural and political process whereby one group of people is dominated by another group.

In Search of April Raintree

Some examples that we could talk about in this section are native girl syndrome (I named the powerpoint after it because I thought it fit, but of course that can be changed), the treatment from the DeRosiers (the point about cutting off their hair could be an interesting one to look at) and what ultimately happens to Cheryl. However, it is entirely up to you which direction you want to go.

In Search of April Raintree

We could also look at some of the articles maybe? Abuse and Violence: April Raintree's Human Rights (if she had any) had some things about how hard colonized views can affect children (being that they are impressionable) that could fit. There's also The Special Time which was written by the author herself and recounts her personal struggle with systematic colonialism.

In Search of April Raintree

Whatever you guys think works should be great! :)

Peter

Pictures of Natasha's brother will go here.

If she doesn't manage to get any I'll put some points in from her speech.

Residential School

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a2W2EXYQ WQ

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We Need to End the Narrative of Colonialism

Naomi Klein: award winning journalist and best selling author

Mobile people, no longer stationary population

Need to take over the native people in order to control the land

Conclusion

Still a constant struggle

Organizations created to create a community First Nations/Metis/Inuit people taking steps in order to make sure their voices are being heard

Sources

Mosionier, Beatrice Culleton. In Search of April Raintree. Winnipeg: Portage & Main Press, 1999. Print Canadian Metis Council. Web. http://www.canadianmetis.com/Homepage.htm

Native Women's Association of Canada. Web.http://www.nwac.ca/home

Klein, Naomi. We Need to End the Narrative of Colonialism. Web. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a2W2EXYQWQ