Every First Nations child was mandated to attend residential schools starting in the year 1920. The Canadian government made it a criminal act for First Nations children to go to their own schools. There are several long-term effects from the aftermath of residential school. There are multiple forms of abuse and suffering that First Nations had to endure. There is evidence of physical, sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse. Also, other outcomes of residential schools were drug and alcohol abuse and issues leading to crime. Relationships between families were greatly affected, potentially jaded by the residential schools which created broken families in the First Nations culture. It is evident that there are long lasting effects from
