- Residential schools were a bunch of boarding schools for Native Canadians.
- It was funded by the Canadian government's Indian Affairs and Northern Department.
- The law was to remove children from the influence of their families and way of life and assimilate them into the Canadian culture.
- The last residential school was closed in 1996.
- A total of 150,000 native children passed away in the residential school system.
- In the 19th and 20th century, the Canadian government's Indian Affairs department encouraged the growth of the residential school system.
- The key goal of the system was to separate children from their families and communities, it has been described as cultural genocide or "destroying the Indian in the child” …show more content…
- They would be brutality beaten or even killed if they tried to return home or escape.
- Over population, poor sanitation, bad heating, and a lack of medical care led to high rates of influenza and tuberculosis.
- After the government's closure of the schools in the 1960s, the work of native activists to a greater awareness by the public of the damage that the schools caused.
- The first residential schools were established in the 1840s and the last residential school closed in 1996
- Their main objective was to convert Indigenous children to Christianity and to "civilize them"
- In 1857, the Gradual Civilization Act was passed this was aimed at assimilating First Nations people.
- In 1884 school attendance became mandatory by law for Indians less than 16 years of age.
- Students were forced to live on school premises.
- When the government changed the Indian Act in the 1940s, some of the Indian bands, along with national native organizations wanted residential schools to stay open.
- In 1998, the government made a Statement of Reconciliation this including an apology to those people who were raped and physically abused while going to residential
- It was funded by the Canadian government's Indian Affairs and Northern Department.
- The law was to remove children from the influence of their families and way of life and assimilate them into the Canadian culture.
- The last residential school was closed in 1996.
- A total of 150,000 native children passed away in the residential school system.
- In the 19th and 20th century, the Canadian government's Indian Affairs department encouraged the growth of the residential school system.
- The key goal of the system was to separate children from their families and communities, it has been described as cultural genocide or "destroying the Indian in the child” …show more content…
- They would be brutality beaten or even killed if they tried to return home or escape.
- Over population, poor sanitation, bad heating, and a lack of medical care led to high rates of influenza and tuberculosis.
- After the government's closure of the schools in the 1960s, the work of native activists to a greater awareness by the public of the damage that the schools caused.
- The first residential schools were established in the 1840s and the last residential school closed in 1996
- Their main objective was to convert Indigenous children to Christianity and to "civilize them"
- In 1857, the Gradual Civilization Act was passed this was aimed at assimilating First Nations people.
- In 1884 school attendance became mandatory by law for Indians less than 16 years of age.
- Students were forced to live on school premises.
- When the government changed the Indian Act in the 1940s, some of the Indian bands, along with national native organizations wanted residential schools to stay open.
- In 1998, the government made a Statement of Reconciliation this including an apology to those people who were raped and physically abused while going to residential