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Home My WebLink AboutQuebec spends $1.6M to replace word 'Amerindian' from history textbooks with proper Indigenous terms - National Post - 09/27/2018 - National Post - 09/27/20189/28/2018 Quebec spends $1.6M to replace word `Amerindian' from history textbooks with proper Indigenous terms I National Post NATIONAL'*POST NEWS m FULLCOMMENT , SPORTS 4 CULTURE w LIFE a MORE > DRIVING n CLASSIFIEDS - JOBS m SUBSCRIBE , FINAN(IALPOST m VIDEO Quebec spends $1.6M to replace word Wmerindian'f rom history textbooks with proper Indigenous terms W A,rr7f notion, t'm C➢�2 'P,C t t7C' (R!if t' � , ., )f' f ,CfXn' f P,f' j iPf"r ,f"f whic i roh t Arne°1nelian tends, to Whiny .. is totall fill w an,d nwe ds to be currtxt.ed' Ghislain Picard, chief of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec -Labrador 'C'r•cvor 11ag nlrilae t anucha n Pr ss/Fr e yiirF. CANADIAN PliFSS MONTREAL — The Quebec government has just spent STDHARTHA BANFRJFF $1.6 million to replace the word "Amerindian" and modify September 27, 2018 other Indigenous content in history textbooks that had 12:55 PM EDT Last Updated been introduced only two years earlier. September 27, 2018 11:21 PM EDT Amid controversy over the price tag, First Nations leaders Filed under say the changes were an essential gesture of respect. 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Watch .Aguide toth( FOR YOU The province authorized the contentious 2016 print run U.S. Senate hearing with Christine Blasey Ford ant before the province's curriculum had been formally Brett Kavanaugh approved and is now stuck with the bill for reprinting the textbooks in French and English. Watch Read the the full transcript of Donald Marni Soupcoff: The The books were for a Quebec history course introduced Trump's UN speech Kavanaugh -Ford in 2016 for students in Grades 9 and 10. That course, hearing just made everything about this drafted under the previous Parti Quebecois government, worse already had detractors. They said it reflects a rigid Watch At least 25 nationalist ideology and diminishes the role of non -p° killed, 60 injured after disguised gunmen attack francophones in Quebec history. Iranian annual military parade Education Department spokesman Bryan St -Louis said in an email that in addition to the references to Amerindians SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK A smart home is a less- or Native Americans being replaced with terms such as private home We want to improve your reading experienc "First Nations", "Inuit" and "Indigenous," other Indigenous history content was modified. Take our Go -second surnc;q For example, images depicting Indigenous people in a stereotypical way were changed, biographies of Hundreds of Serbian 9 g Indigenous Indi historical figures were added and more DAILY HEADLINE NEWS weevi Is are being attention was paid to the Indigenous role in key historical released in Banff Email National Park to control events. an invasive weed St -Louis was unable to say how many books had to be By clicking "Submit", I consent to receiving the above communication from Postmedia Network Inc. I understand that I may unsubscribe from these communications at any destroyed and reprinted. time. Subtiait I think were just coming up with common terms that would be acceptable to all https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/quebec-spends-1-6-million-editing-history-textbooks-to-use-proper-indigenous-terms 2/6 9/28/2018 Quebec spends $1.6M to replace word `Amerindian' from history textbooks with proper Indigenous terms I National Post NATIONAL'*POST NEWS m FULL(OMMENT , SPORTS 4 (ULTURE w LIFE a MORE > DRIVING n CLASSIFIEDS - JOBS m SUBSCRIBE , FINAN(IALPOST m VIDEO debate on semantics; it also allows for a much-needed rectification of proper history instruction," the council said in a statement. "We believe that mutual understanding and establishing the facts are paramount in a context of reconciliation." Picard said terminology issues should not be taken lightly, noting the francophone majority would not accept being decribed by the outdated term "French-Canadian" in official materials. He acknowledged that language is constantly evolving, even within Indigenous societies. He gave the example of the word "band," which is increasingly being replaced by "First Nation" to describe the governance system. "Many communities still use that term (band), which is really related to the Indian Act itself which has been criticized left and right," Picard said. "But I think we're just coming up with common terms that would be acceptable to all." History teacher Robert Green called the revisions a good first step, noting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission gave clear guidelines to the provinces for what should be reflected in the high school courses. Green, who teaches at Westmount High School and heads a committee seeking changes to the history curriculum, said other minority groups, including English- speaking Quebecers, still receive short shrift. "The current curriculum doesn't reflect the values of an inclusive, democratic society," Green said. 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