Indigenous peoples have had a hard time wherever white Anglo people came and settled uninvited on their land. Have recently been doing some research on the Canadian experience and came across this paper that gives a bit of an overview of what happened of the resi school experience. Whats interesting is how Canadian First Peoples and other Indigenous peoples elsewhere are reclaiming some of the control over their lives lost due to racist policies and practices of the past. Hope this paper gives the 'discussion' a little perspective.

NCPC 2004 Child Welfare Approaches for Indigenous Communities issues_Internaltional

Cheers,

Andre