%0 Journal Article
%T An Examination of ChildrenĄ¯s Artworks from Canadian Indigenous Residential Schools
%A Joanna Black
%J Art and Design Review
%P 324-345
%@ 2332-2004
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/adr.2023.114025
%X Residential school students within Canadian schools
created imagery that was <span>recently collected
by the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission</span> (NTRC). Five works
were selected from numerous artworks archived. C</span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">ompositional interpretation and discourse analysis w</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">ere</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> employed in this study. Using art as <i>historical recovery</i></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">,</span></span></span><span><span><i><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></i></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">it was found that these cultural artifacts provided records of the child</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">ren</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> as witness</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">es</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> regarding their experiences at resi<span>dential
schools. Additionally, these visual pictures reveal these young studentsĄ¯
personal lives, and emotional, political, and societal perspectives. In</span> <span>this research</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">,</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> the images allow viewers to comprehend this
historical period</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> full of struggle and allow these cultural artifacts
to be communicated to future viewers. Finally, the findings reveal these indigenous
children communicated both joy in nature and discourse of powerlessness and
oppression by nonindigenous peoples in the face of Canadian colonialism.
%K Visual Art Education
%K Indigenous Education
%K Art Teaching and Learning
%K Art Pedagogy
%K Art Curriculum Development
%K Canadian Contemporary Indigenous Art
%K Indigenous Culture in Canada
%K Residential Schools
%K Culture
%K Education
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=129055