religious schools established to assimilate Indigenous children into Canadian culture. Some of the primary objectives of the residential schools were to remove and isolate children from their homes‚ cultures‚ traditions‚ and families. They believed the Aboriginal cultures and spiritual beliefs were unequal and inferior. At first students were sent to the schools by their parents as some of the parents first believed that the school would be good for their children‚ thinking that it would benefit the children
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compensation was offered for individual victims‚ however. In reaction‚ victims of the residential school system turned to the Canadian courts. By June 1998‚ approximately 1‚000 lawsuits were filed. It is estimated that by early 2004‚ more than 5‚000 people may have entered into litigation for damages against the Canadian government. It has also been reported that by March 1999‚ some $20 million had been spent by the Canadian government in settling residential school claims. It is not clear how the state
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the founding of the Hudson’s Bay and Northwest Company during the1670’s‚ the fur trade managed growth and development all the way into Western Canada until 1870. The fur trade was unique‚ for it was the only industry that was based on an exchange of goods between two very different groups of people (namely‚ the Indians and the Europeans). Although most people think of the fur trade as being a male dominated industry‚ Indian women also played very important roles in the industry’s development. However
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On Wednesday June 11‚ 2008 at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time)‚ the Prime Minister of Canada‚ the Right Honourable Stephen Harper‚ made a Statement of Apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools‚ on behalf of the Government of Canada. Prime Minister Harper offers full apology on behalf of Canadians for the Indian Residential Schools system11 June 2008Ottawa‚ OntarioStatement of Apology PLEASE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY The treatment of children in Indian Residential Schools is a sad
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3116EL – Aboriginal People and the Criminal Justice System Final Research Paper Residential School System & Intergenerational Impact The purpose of residential schooling was to assimilate Aboriginal children into mainstream Canadian society by disconnecting them from their families and communities and severing all ties with languages‚ customs and beliefs (Chansoneuve‚ 2005). The following paper with depict the history behind residential schools‚ the varying schools across Canada‚ the intergenerational
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Aboriginal people have had to suffer through many different experiences and social determinants over the years‚ one of them being Residential schools‚ which has added to many other issues and arising problems. Starting early 1800-1900’s‚ kids were taken from their families and forced to attend these schools. There were a variety of the schools across Canada. The schools were government funded‚ and run through churches‚ where priests and nuns taught; some of the teachers were hardly educated themselves
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obligations to First Nations by discussing issues and bringing closure to all claims. Canada likes to underlie that by looking at the historic inequality and building strong partnerships among First Nations people; governments‚ and the private sector are emerging. Nevertheless‚ the current progress of First Nations Land Claims is very unhurried and seems to be deliberately painstaking. The Canadian government divides Aboriginal claims into two categories that are dealt with under a detailed process made
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where you cannot speak your language or follow your religion? Why would these peculiar people drag you here and abuse you? 150‚000 Indigenous people have experienced that torture and shame‚ which has then continued into many other issues for many of those people; such as depression‚ alcoholism‚ drug addiction‚ lower socioeconomic status on average‚ and suicide. Residential schools powerfully damaged Aboriginal people in a way we cannot ignore. Aside from the dangerous downfall issues that residential
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Residential Schools in Canada Research Paper Residential schools were seen by the Canadian government as a way to civilize the native population and keep their children from continuing in their native traditions. In 1895 Rev Fr A.M Carion stated in a report from a residential school in Kamloops‚ British Columbia that the purpose of the residential school is to civilize the Indian and to make them good‚ useful and law abiding members of society with strict punishments for any wrong doings. 1 Richard
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contact the indigenous people have been treated as sub-humans; savages with no religion‚ intelligence‚ or right to live. This general idea has carried through-out the history of our supposedly great country; Canada. This essay will examine the residential school system in depth. It will then relate the Canadian Government ’s actions in response to residential schools‚ good and bad. From the late nineteenth century until well into the twentieth century‚ the Government of Canada worked vigorously to
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