{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Fondation autochtone de l\u2019espoir","provider_url":"https:\/\/legacyofhope.ca\/fr","author_name":"lhfadmin","author_url":"https:\/\/legacyofhope.ca\/fr\/author\/lhfadmin\/","title":"Who was Thomas Moore - Legacy of Hope Foundation","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zVtRJbrBrY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legacyofhope.ca\/fr\/timeline\/who-was-thomas-moore\/\">Qui \u00e9tait Thomas Moore<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/legacyofhope.ca\/fr\/timeline\/who-was-thomas-moore\/embed\/#?secret=zVtRJbrBrY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&laquo; Who was Thomas Moore &raquo; &#8212; Legacy of Hope Foundation\" data-secret=\"zVtRJbrBrY\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/legacyofhope.ca\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>","description":"The goal of this exhibition is self-empowerment; to give indigenous audiences the opportunity to begin to see the places to which indigenous children were taken and to imagine their stories. In a sense, the images offer an opportunity to come full circle and move forward.  By rethinking their role and purpose, perhaps these photographs can contribute to the healing process for those who attended residential schools as well as their children and grandchildren. I want to suggest that these photographs can play a new role \u2013 one that speaks to the loss of imagination that occurred in those classrooms. How can we begin to imagine a different story \u2013 one where Jim Abikoki stands up and opens the gate, one where the white teacher is replaced by an Elder who tells the children the history of their people, one where Waduta is not forced to give up one culture for the other, one where Mollie receives proper care and returns to her community.  I want to end by returning to Thomas Moore. In 2011, new information about Moore was forwarded to me from the Saskatchewan Archives. I now know what reserve he came from, what his parents\u2019 names were, and when he entered the Regina Industrial school.  Thomas Moore Kusick was admitted to the Regina Industrial School on August 26, 1891. His mother\u2019s name was Hanna Moore Kusick and his father Paul Desjarlais (listed in the Regina Industrial School register as st. Paul Desjarlais. The name Kusick, according to the archivist may be of Aboriginal or of Ukrainian origin. It is hard to tell given lack of uniformity in the spelling of the era. The father died early. According to the Regina Industrial School register, Thomas Moore was protestant and had previously attended Lakes End School (Muscowpetung [later known as \u201cLakesend\u201d] Residential School, Saskatchewan. A boarding school opened c.1888. In 1890 the school was moved to a point nine miles north of the old site. This school closed in June 1894 but was re-opened briefly in 1895 before being closed again in 1896. From His state of education upon admission consisted of knowing the alphabet. He was eight years old, was 3 \u201811\u201d and weighed 54.5 lbs. A note in the register says to see page 20 of the discharge register. He was from the Saulteaux Tribe. He was from the Muscowpetung Band.  With this new information, I went back to the 1896 annual report. I saw something I had never noticed before \u2013 a portrait of the brass band from the Regina Industrial School,and in the front row, seated on the ground third from the left, was a young boy that looked like Thomas Moore. His face resemble his face in the first photograph where is is wearing traditional clothing and here is appears as t a young boy in the group, not a poster child for residential schools.  To Play Audio - Click Here"}