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Answer the following questions:
1. Why do you think Chenie chose to run away from residential school?
2. What does this say about the conditions students faced in the school?
3. The quote in the Minute, "Kill the Indian in the child," was frequently used to describe the aim of the residential schools. What does this tell you about the intentions of the policies that led to the formation of the Indian residential school system in Canada?
4. Do you think the quote accurately reflects the intentions of the residential schools?
5. Why do you think this Minute is told from the perspective of Chanie's sister, Pearl?
6. How does this connect to the tradition of oral history?
7. What kind of impression of the residential schools does this Minute leave?
8. Why is it important to explore different perspectives and use multiple sources?
9. How do you think this story might be different if it were told from the perspective of the school's principal or a teacher?
10. What does this teach you about historical perspective and how we remember the past?