IRSHDC : School : Lower Post (BC) [872]

No title (unknown date). Source: Deschâtelets-NDC Archives.

Home Communities of Students

Atlin-Teslin, Burwash, Carcross/Tagish First Nation, Cassiar, Champagne and Aishihik First Nation, Finlay River, Fort Nelson First Nation, Fort St. John, Hudson Hope, Johnson’s Crossing, Kaska [Casca], Kluane First Nation, Kwadacha Nation, Liard First Nation, Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation, Muskowekwan First Nation, Nee Tahi Buhn, Pelly Lakes, Ross River, Scotty Creek, Sekani [Sekanni], Selkirk First Nation, Snag, Squanga Lake, Steward River, Stikine, Tahltan Band, Taku River Tlingit First Nation, Teslin, The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun, Whitehorse, White River First 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.

Lower Post (BC)

Dates of Operation

September 1, 1951 - 30 June , 1975

Description

The Lower Post school opened in 1951 at Lower Post, British Columbia, just south of the British Columbia-Yukon border. At the time there were no Roman Catholic residential schools in the Yukon and the school was intended largely for Catholic Aboriginal students from the Yukon and northern British Columbia. The facilities were expanded in 1954 and 1960. The federal government took over the school in 1969 and closed it in 1975. In the mid-1990s two former Lower Post staff members were convicted of having sexually assaulted students while working at the school. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Catholic Church

More Information

Alternate Name(s)

Lower Post School
Lower Post Catholic Indian Residential School
Lower Post Hostel and School
Lower Post Indian Day School
Lower Post Indian Residential School
Lower Post Provincial School
Lower Post Public School
Lower Post Residence
Lower Post Residential School
Lower Post Roman Catholic Residential School
Lower Post Student Residence

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Map Information

Location

"Point is on the site of the main building of the Lower Post Residential School (1951-1975). Most of the school building has been torn down. As of 2017, one part of the school building remains and is being used by the Daylu Dena Council" (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]