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Jun 8, 2024 · The schools were designed to strip away Indigenous culture and languages, replacing them with Eurocentric values and beliefs. The consequences of this systematic oppression are still felt today in the form of mental health issues, substance abuse, and a loss of traditional knowledge and language.
Oct 26, 2024 · Indigenous leaders in Canada say U.S. President Joe Biden’s apology for his country’s boarding school system is only the first step toward healing generations of harm.
- What Are Residential Schools?
- Why Did They Want to Assimilate Indigenous Children?
- What Are The Lasting Impacts of Residential Schools?
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Residential Schools were “schools” that were set up by the Canadian government but administered by churches. The Mohawk Institute in Brantford, Ontario, was the first to open in 1831, and the Gordon Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, being the last to close in 1996. Nearly 130 schools were placed throughout Canada and sought to have housed ...
Statements like “Kill the Indian, Save The Man” or “Kill the Indian in Child” were common slogans that perfectly explain the veracity of the school’s intentions. Indigenous children were not allowed to speak their own language, use their own names, or practice anything of their own religion and culture. To detach the children from their culture, th...
Despite the efforts to destroy and colonize Indigenous peoples’ culture, Indigenous livelihood has persisted. However, residential schools have created a detrimental intergenerational effect. Residential schools laid the foundation for the epidemic we see within Indigenous communities today. Children at the schools grew up without nurturing and lov...
In honor of those who lost their lives to residential schools: Full List of Known Names And to those of us who continue to work through the intergenerational suffering and trauma, Here's to Indigenous healing and prosperity Personal Statement: I am of both Mohawk and Algonquin descent. My grandma and grandpa are both survivors of residential school...
Aug 1, 2021 · Indigenous peoples, whose families and lives have been haunted by the legacy of Canada’s Indian residential school system, have long expected such revelations.
Jun 5, 2021 · Government-run boarding schools in Canada were part of a policy to attempt to assimilate Indigenous children and destroy Indigenous cultures and languages. News of the remains of 215...
Nov 24, 2021 · Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, thousands of Native children in the United States and Canada were forced into assimilationist boarding schools that sought to strip them of their...
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Jul 19, 2021 · Thousands of Native American children attended U.S. boarding schools designed to “civilize the savage.” Many died. Many who lived are reclaiming their identity.
