Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association
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| Abbreviation | CSAA |
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| Formation | 1998 |
| Founder | Michael Cachagee, Shirley Fletcher Horn, Don Jackson |
| Founded at | Sault Ste Marie, Ontario |
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Region
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Canada |
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President
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Jay Jones |
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Vice President
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Susie Jones |
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Treasurer
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Glad Hawkins |
The Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association is a grassroots, community based inter-generational residential school survivor organization based in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario.
Prior to 1998 the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association (CSAA) operated as a grassroots community based organization and focused much of its efforts on organizing school reunions for former Shingwauk Indian Residential School students. These reunions invited former staff, students, and community members connected to the Shingwauk School to return to the School site, talk about their experiences, and connect with other members of the survivor community.
The Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association (CSAA) held its first official meeting in 1998 and established an office at Algoma University College in the same year. The Shingwauk Project and the CSAA also established the Shingwauk Healing Project in 1998, dedicated to sharing, healing and learning in relation to the legacy of residential schools.
The first Shingwauk reunion was held in 1981 at Algoma University College on the former site of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School. Ten years later, in 1991, the second Shingwauk reunion was held on the same site. Advertised as "Shingwauk Reunion 1991: 160th anniversary of Chief Shingwauk's Vision" the event resulted in hundreds of residential school survivors, community members, politicians, clergy, and residential school staff gathering at Algoma University College. The 1991 event also marked a shift in the discussion of life residential schools and many of the former students began to speak out about their experiences, including the abuse at the Shingwauk School.
The third gathering of the former students and staff of the Shingwauk School was held July 4–7, 1996. At this reunion the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association issued a "Declaration of the Shingwauk Reunion 1996" in which the former students pledged themselves to the fulfilling the vision of Chief Shingwauk and the ongoing work related to healing and education. This declaration and subsequent activities resulted in the formal establishment of the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association.
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