Indigenous Dress Theory in Canadian Residential Schools

Indian Residential Schools were apart of Canada’s aggressive assimilative policy for Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Métis, Inuit), demonstrating the attempts to erase Indigenous people as a cultural and political entity. Ultimately, the schools were key to the “cultural genocide” that occurred....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shawkay Ottmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for Fashion Diversity and Social Change, Ryerson University 2020-11-01
Series:Fashion Studies
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Online Access:https://www.fashionstudies.ca/indigenous-dress-theory