Editing Vermont State Hospital
From Asylum Projects
Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision | Your text | ||
Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | ==History== | + | ==History of VSH : One flew over the boy scouts nest |
+ | |||
+ | ties to the Boy scouts of America, Vermont Commission on Native Affairs and Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington == | ||
The Vermont State Hospital for the Insane was built in 1890 in Waterbury, Vermont, in response to overcrowded conditions at the Vermont Asylum for the Insane in Brattleboro (Brattleboro Retreat after 1898), Vermont's first and only facility for the care of the mentally ill. Originally built for "the care, custody, and treatment of insane criminals of the state," the Waterbury State Hospital eventually became the temporary or permanent shelter for Vermonters with mild to severe mental disabilities and others who had been committed for epilepsy, depression, alcoholism, or senility. Throughout its history, methods of patient diagnosis and treatment varied according to the philosophy of the superintendent. | The Vermont State Hospital for the Insane was built in 1890 in Waterbury, Vermont, in response to overcrowded conditions at the Vermont Asylum for the Insane in Brattleboro (Brattleboro Retreat after 1898), Vermont's first and only facility for the care of the mentally ill. Originally built for "the care, custody, and treatment of insane criminals of the state," the Waterbury State Hospital eventually became the temporary or permanent shelter for Vermonters with mild to severe mental disabilities and others who had been committed for epilepsy, depression, alcoholism, or senility. Throughout its history, methods of patient diagnosis and treatment varied according to the philosophy of the superintendent. | ||
Line 34: | Line 36: | ||
More able patients assumed various roles in the work of the institution, including custodial work, maintenance, and tending animals and crops on the institution-run farm in Duxbury. Dr. Stanley also initiated a system of industrial work for patients: assembling clothespins, shoe repair, and crafts such as making chairs, rugs, and baskets. The profits from these enterprises were used for patient entertainment and recreation. | More able patients assumed various roles in the work of the institution, including custodial work, maintenance, and tending animals and crops on the institution-run farm in Duxbury. Dr. Stanley also initiated a system of industrial work for patients: assembling clothespins, shoe repair, and crafts such as making chairs, rugs, and baskets. The profits from these enterprises were used for patient entertainment and recreation. | ||
− | + | =Hurricane Irene and other issues pertaining to wabanki nation and institutions | |
− | In August 2011, hurricane Irene's flood waters flooded the valley which the closed complex stood. At one point the entire complex was underwater and partially destroyed by the hurricane. After the flood waters receded the campus was deemed unusable. The main complex was saved and has been renovated into the State Offices. The complex reopened in December 2015. | + | closure of VSH and the closure of wabanaki Indian residential schools in Vermont |
+ | |||
+ | In August 2011, hurricane Irene's flood waters flooded the valley which the closed complex stood. At one point the entire complex was underwater and partially destroyed by the hurricane. After the flood waters receded the campus was deemed unusable. The main complex was saved and has been renovated into the State Offices. The complex reopened in December 2015. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Criminalization of wabanaki as wards of institutions Abuses are being investigated | ||
+ | |||
+ | *2018 Vermont Commission on Native affairs abuses and targeting of Wabanaki with reparitive justice programs after closure of BTS and VSH . Targeting of people and racial slurs of the term wabanki gypsys were used by the state bureau of indian affairs and ago office when missiquoi failed to meet requirements for federal Indian status | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.scouting.org/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.iromaniunion.org/ More info about romani union and mikmaq rights in Vermont and elsewhere | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.mass.gov | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Watertown | ||
+ | |||
+ | Title vii Indian education is currently being discussed to release people of the VCNA and Governmental schools for Indians to the commonwealth to access federal tribal rights in usa and canada and Truth and reconciliation for parochial abuses. i.e St andrews and VSH and BTS , Boy scouts of america inmate programs , institutional catholic physical , mental or sexual abuse (exploitation of vulnerable populations) | ||
== Books == | == Books == | ||
− | *''Empty beds: A history of Vermont State Hospital'', by Marsha R Kincheloe | + | *''Empty beds: A history of Vermont State Hospital'', by Marsha R Kincheloe |
− | + | *http://www.danielnpaul.com/WeWereNotTheSavages-Mi'kmaqHistory.html | |
+ | *https://www.amazon.com/Breeding-Better-Vermonters-Eugenics-Revisiting/dp/0874519527 | ||
+ | *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials | ||
== Images of Vermont State Hospital == | == Images of Vermont State Hospital == | ||
Line 58: | Line 78: | ||
[[Category:Asylum Books]] | [[Category:Asylum Books]] | ||
[[Category:Past Featured Article Of The Week]] | [[Category:Past Featured Article Of The Week]] | ||
+ | *Boy scout of america now in chapter 11 bankruptcy had troops and explorer post were at VSH , BTS and Weeks Schools Federal programs for reparative justice were in the community and at in the institutional setting. Brandon training school had a handicapt boy scout troop 111 as did the bsa exploers at Vermont state hosptial this goes back to the 1950s . Law enforcement exploers post 111 was run by the BTS and Deb Preseau and Chief Joseph N arduca and Vermont police academy |