IRSHDC : School : Kitimaat (BC) [869]

Elizabeth Long Memorial Home, Kitimaat [Kitimaat Residential School, Kitamaat] (1914). Source: United Church of Canada Archives 1993.049P/451; The Children Remembered.

Home Communities of Students

Haisla Nation, Heiltsuk Nation, Kemano, Kitasoo / Xai’xais Nation, Nuxalk Nation.

Note on Home Communities

The “home communities" mentioned above come from the school narratives created by government researchers in the Indian Residential School litigation process. Here the communities are described as “bands” and “reserves.” We have tried to update the names to communities' current, preferred names (these names are hyperlinked in the list above). In instances where we have not been sure which community is being referenced, we have left the name as it appears in the school narrative and unlinked. The names of cultural groups have been updated and the original name placed in square brackets.

These lists on the school records are not comprehensive. In a few cases the community names have been supplemented with information from a school’s quarterly returns, but this has not been done consistently. This project is an iterative, ongoing one. If you are aware of other community names that we should include in this list, or would like to comment on those we have updated, please email us at irshdc.reference@ubc.ca.

Kitimaat (BC)

Dates of Operation

1894-1941

Settlement Agreement Dates

The Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement recognized only the following as the dates of operation for Kitmaat Residential School: December 10, 1908 - June 30, 1941.

Description

In 1896, the Women’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church opened a girl’s boarding school in Kitimaat, British Columbia. In June 1922 the death of a young girl had prompted the parents, already concerned by previous death and illness at the school to take their children out of the school. The walkout ended when they succeeded in getting a written assurance from the matron that “the children got all the food they wanted, that they would be well cared for, and be supplied with sufficient clothing.” The school was closed in 1941. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Methodist Church, United Church of Canada

More Information

Alternate Name(s)

Elizabeth Long Memorial Home for Girls
Kitimaat Indian Girls’ Home

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Map Information

Location

"Point is on the site of the Elizabeth Long Memorial School building (Kitimaat Residential School), which was built in 1908 and closed in 1941. The building has since been torn down. The original boarding school building (1894-1906) was on the same site" (Orlandini, 2019).

Location Credit

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and Rosa Orlandini. The school/hostel location data was collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission / National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Morgan Hite (Atlas of Indian Residential Schools of Canada), Stephanie Pyne (Residential Schools Land Memory Mapping Project) and Rosa Orlandini (Map and GIS Librarian, York University Libraries). The location data and associated attribute data was enhanced, revised and updated by Rosa Orlandini, in consultation with the Archivists at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

Location Source

Orlandini, Rosa, 2019, "Residential Schools Locations Dataset (Shapefile format)", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/FJG5TG, Borealis, V3, UNF:6:TTc1mMvx2BlBqBgIN05xVw== [fileUNF]