The reserve system and residential schools are directly responsible for the current‚ generally poor‚ state that Native Canadians find themselves in today. Abuse‚ poverty‚ and inequality are all linked to one another‚ essentially relating back to the reserve system and residential schools. Abuse lasts a lifetime and can be passed down‚ generation to generation. When children were ripped away from their family and friends on the reserve and taken to residential schools‚ their lives changed for the
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kids was Residential schools. The first residential Schools was established in 1884 and the last one closed in 1996. Residential Schools were a network of live-in schools funded by the government that removed children from their homes and forced them to go to these schools until age 18. Over 30% (150‚ 000) of First Nations children went to these schools. Of those 30%‚ at least 6000 of the kids died in those schools due to sickness‚ or sometimes even abuse. In the 112 years‚ 130 schools existed in
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Residential Schools were a product of the Canadian government to provide cultural genocide of the indigenous community with the intended effect of separation from their land‚ their culture‚ and their identity as Aboriginal Peoples. These schools were in effect from the 1870s until the last one closed in 1996‚ with over 150‚000 First Nations‚ Inuit and Métis children who were forced to attend. Children‚ from as young as 4 years old‚ were taken from their homes and sent away to schools run by Christian
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Impact On Residential School Children Children from the ages of six and up were taken from their families forcefully to attend a school nearest them that would assimilate them into settler’s cultures. Often times children would even be taken as little as four years’ old to be assimilated at the schools. These schools were run by churches to “teach” the Indian children religion and to rid the Indian from them. If you did not send your child to the school‚ you could be jailed. In the very beginning
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Clan Systems‚ Residential Schools and European Contact Amanda Moore Social Work with Families – NSW112-11 Professor M. Pro Thursday March 28‚ 2013 Family Life Prior to European Contact The clan systems operated at the government of the community‚ worked out methods of organizing daily tasks for individuals within the community. The clan systems were built on equality and guided and reinforced the teachings of living a good life. The hoof clan members were the social workers of the community
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The residential school era in Canada started after in 1879‚ Prime Minister John A. Macdonald commissioned Nicholas Flood Davin to report on Indian industrial training schools established in the U.S. His report recommended the establishment of Indian Residential schools similar to those based on the “Carlisle model”. Davin was convinced that day schools were not sufficient enough in assimilating Indian people to Canadian society‚ and therefore he strongly advocated the establishment of off-reserve
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homes and communities and placing them into residential schools. The assumption of Aboriginal peoples culture being peculiar‚ was greatly believed by the government and many people. The cruel saying “beat the Indian out of them” unfortunately became true‚ because that is exactly what took place in residential schools. Being exposed to many awful ways of abuse‚ including mental‚ emotional‚ and physical‚ caused the men and women who attended residential schools to be struggling further on in their lives
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Intergenerational Effects of Residential Schools Who are the people that went to residential schools‚ where are they‚ and their families today? Have you ever heard someone talk about residential schools like it was an everyday conversation? Residential schools have become so camouflaged into the back of people’s minds. People tend to forget that these schools took place and that they are real life events that can have an effect on everyone around them. These schools have left such an imprint on
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subjected to in canadian residential schools. This is important because the violation of their human rights caused long term effects such as wrongful parenting‚ abuse‚ and drinking‚ this continually stops them from effectively contributing to the better future of Canada. This can be found in the extensive reports of abuse‚ violence‚ drugs and alcohol and the stories of of multiple individuals that resided in residential schools and those who worked inside show that residential schooling is at fault
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of the Canadian population was Aboriginal. In 1931‚ when the largest amount of residential schools were in place‚ there were about 80 residential schools operating in Canada. The first residential school was established in 1840 by the Canadian government. These schools treated the First Nation people poorly and didn’t allow them to see their family. Imagine yourself in the Aboriginals place‚ being stuck in a school and potentially physically and mentally abused by the teachers. You might also have
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