REGAN, “THE POWER OF APOLOGY & TESTIMONY”...

REGAN, “THE POWER OF APOLOGY & TESTIMONY” (2010)

PHIL 102, UBC CHRISTINA HENDRICKS SUMMER 2015

Except images labeled otherwise, this presentation is licensed CC BY 4.0

Kwakwaka'wakw Ceremonial Group, Vancouver Public Library Flickr Photo, no known copyright restrictions

Nass chief with Chilkat blanket (Nisga’a), Vancouver Public Library Flickr Photo, no known copyright restrictions

Klallam people at Port Townsend potlatch (WA, USA), 1859; public domain at Wikimedia Commons

Potlatch in Alert Bay, BC , early 20th century, public domain at Vancouver Archives

POTLATCHES

RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS, 1883-1996

Class of Mi’kmaq girls in a residential school in N.S. (1929), Flickr photo by BiblioArchives , licensed CC-BY

The cricket team from Battleford Indian Industrial School (SK), 1895, Flickr photo by BiblioArchives , licensed CC-BY

Cree students and teacher in class at All Saints Indian Residential School (SK), 1945, Flickr photo by BiblioArchives , CC-BY

Aboriginal children at the Fort Providence Indian Residential Mission School (NWT), 1929, from Library and Archives Canada (public domain)

CANADA, TRC

Sinclair-3, Flickr photo shared by Michael_Swan, licensed CC BY-ND 2.0

TRC Survivor Registration, Flickr photo shared by seniwati, licensed CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

2006-2015

http://www.trc.ca

TRC CALLS TO ACTION

•  Child welfare

•  Education

•  Language and culture

•  Health

•  Justice

•  Reconciliation •  Education for

reconciliation •  Missing children & burial

information •  Media & reconcil. •  Sports & reconcil. •  Info kit for newcomers to

Canada

See the full document, here

REGAN’S ARTICLE

WHO IS SHE? WHAT IS HER ROLE?

OFFICIAL APOLOGIES

What makes an apology genuine? (179, 180)

Problems with 1998 “Statement of Reconciliation” (181-182) 2008 apology better

National Apology Day, Sydney, Australia, 2015, Flickr photo by butupa, licensed CC BY 2.0

POLITICAL RECOGNITION OF ABORIGINAL LAW

Using only non-Aboriginal law & processes for reconciliation is a problem (throughout the article; esp. 186-187)

•  Listening (189)

•  Reconciliation,

making restitution

Yet another move of assimilation…

Comox, Flickr photo by Province of BC, licensed CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

USING ABORIGINAL PROCESSES BADLY

Having decontextualized Aboriginal dances, rituals, ceremonies in reconciliation events is a problem (183-185)

Haida headdress, Flickr photo shared by Alan Davey, licensed CC BY 2.0

VICE & REGAN Both concerned about how those in dominant groups address their privilege in political sphere

Different situations, different answers…