{"id":3235723,"date":"2015-06-11T19:47:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T22:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3235723"},"modified":"2015-06-11T19:47:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T22:47:04","slug":"the-lunchbox-interview-imelda-perley-on-honouring-residential-school-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-imelda-perley-on-honouring-residential-school-survivors","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: Imelda Perley on Honouring Residential School Survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-UNBMWC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3235724\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-imelda-perley-on-honouring-residential-school-survivors\/attachment\/lunchbox-unbmwc\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-UNBMWC.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LunchBox-UNBMWC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-UNBMWC-800x800.png\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3235724\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-UNBMWC-300x300.png\" alt=\"LunchBox-UNBMWC\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-UNBMWC-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-UNBMWC-100x100.png 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-UNBMWC-800x800.png 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-UNBMWC.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Those who don&#8217;t respect history are doomed to repeat it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There was a very disturbing part of the history of the Maritimes (and all of Canada) that is only really coming to widespread awareness now. The Residential School system treated Native children in atrocious ways, intentionally seeking to destroy their connection to their heritage in horrible, dehumanizing ways.<\/p>\n<p>Those who went through that &#8220;school&#8221; system aren&#8217;t graduates, they are being properly recognized at survivors.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the UNB&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/unb.ca\/mwc\"><strong>Mi&#8217;kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre<\/strong><\/a> hosted a <strong>Circle of Understanding<\/strong> called <strong>&#8220;Honouring Residential School Survivors&#8221;<\/strong>. This was an opportunity to recognize the difficulties endured by the young children sent through the Residential School system, the lingering damage that their experiences caused to the students and their families and descendents, and the strength, resilience, determination and progress toward healing and growing from that terrible time.<\/p>\n<p>My guest today is <strong>Imelda Perley<\/strong>, the <strong>UNB Elder-in-Residence<\/strong>. We talked about Circle and its importance, as well as provide some summary of the event.<\/p>\n<p>I was fortunate to attend most of the Circle of Understanding, and I gathered some audio from the event that I hope to compose into something I can share. It was a moving event, but ultimately filled with the determination to make things better for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>Music today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hopefully, the ultimate goal of meeting people is to understand them. We heard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jessicarhaye.com\"><strong>Jessica Rhaye<\/strong><\/a> sing about that in <em>You Know Me Better<\/em>, from her <strong>Far Gone Lullabies<\/strong> album.<\/li>\n<li>And to give both you and I some time to reflect and build determining energy after the interview, I played <em>Groundwork<\/em> by <a href=\"http:\/\/kuatoband.com\"><strong>Kuato<\/strong><\/a>, from <strong>The Great Upheaval<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5500\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150611%20-%20Interview%20-%20Imelda%20Perley%20-%20Honouring%20Residential%20School%20Survivors.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('5500','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150611%20-%20Interview%20-%20Imelda%20Perley%20-%20Honouring%20Residential%20School%20Survivors.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150611%20-%20Interview%20-%20Imelda%20Perley%20-%20Honouring%20Residential%20School%20Survivors.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3235723-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150611%20-%20Interview%20-%20Imelda%20Perley%20-%20Honouring%20Residential%20School%20Survivors.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150611%20-%20Interview%20-%20Imelda%20Perley%20-%20Honouring%20Residential%20School%20Survivors.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imelda Perley, UNB&#8217;s Elder-in-Residence talks to me about the Circle of Understanding called Honouring Residential School Survivors. Music by Jessica Rhaye and Kuato.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5501\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150611%20-%20Interview%20-%20Imelda%20Perley%20-%20Honouring%20Residential%20School%20Survivors.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('5501','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150611%20-%20Interview%20-%20Imelda%20Perley%20-%20Honouring%20Residential%20School%20Survivors.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150611%20-%20Interview%20-%20Imelda%20Perley%20-%20Honouring%20Residential%20School%20Survivors.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3235723-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150611%20-%20Interview%20-%20Imelda%20Perley%20-%20Honouring%20Residential%20School%20Survivors.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150611%20-%20Interview%20-%20Imelda%20Perley%20-%20Honouring%20Residential%20School%20Survivors.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-imelda-perley-on-honouring-residential-school-survivors\">Read more...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3235724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[494,3007,491,3006,719,3005,3004,3008,640],"class_list":["post-3235723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lunchbox","tag-event","tag-indian","tag-interview","tag-mwc","tag-native","tag-reconciliation","tag-residential-schools","tag-shubenacadie","tag-unb"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-UNBMWC.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3235723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3235725,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235723\/revisions\/3235725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3235724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3235723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3235723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3235723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}