In 1931 there were about 80 residential schools operating in Canada (News‚ CBC). Over the years that residential schools were in session‚ there were many traumatic events that caused mental‚ emotional‚ and physical damage to not only the individuals who attended‚ but also their families. While residential schools are in the past‚ there are still many long term effects including crime‚ parental abuse and substance abuse that harm the Aboriginal population to this day. Firstly‚ the atrocity of substance
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Comparison of Different Residential Schools Burtch 1 There have been many residential schools across the world striving to end indigenous culture. Residential schools in Canada‚ America’s Indian boarding schools‚ and what is known as the Stolen Generations from Australia‚ each have similar objectives; however‚ their actions to accomplish their goals vary. Severe punishments are endured by a majority of the children at these schools for unmerited reasons
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The term Residential schools refer to a variety of institutions that include industrial schools‚ boarding schools and student residents. European settlers in Canada brought with them the assumption that their own civilization was the greatest of human achievement and all should live like them. They believed that the Aboriginal people‚ Canada’s first inhabitants‚ were ignorant‚ savage and in need of guidance. Beginning in the 1800s‚ the Canadian federal government partnered with Roman Catholic
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Residential Schools: A Promise to the Aboriginal People Shakainah D. Aycardo Residential Schools in Canada have left a negative and destructive legacy in the lives of Aboriginal People. Aboriginal people hold the results of their ancestors long standing and their occupancy of the land. Hunting‚ trapping‚ and fishing on Ancestral lands‚ some examples that Aboriginal people rights. Residential Schools were established by the Canadian
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Residential Schools and their Historical Effects on the Elders of Today Long before Europeans came to North America‚ Native people had a highly developed system of education. There was a great deal for Native children to learn before they could survive on their own. Native elders and parents passed on not only survival skills to their children‚ but their history‚ artistic ability‚ music‚ language‚ moral and religious values. When European missionaries began to live amongst Native people
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Over the past few decades‚ there has been many distinct perspectives and conflicts surrounding the historical context between the Indigenous peoples in Canada and the Canadian Government. In source one‚ the author P.J Anderson is trying to convey that the absolute goal of the Indian Residential School system in Canada has been to assimilate the Indian nation and provide them with guidance to “ forget their Indian habits”‚ and become educated in the “ arts of civilized life”‚ in order to help them
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The First Nations of Canada have suffered many years due to the Residential school system. Residential schools were an extensive school system supported by the Canadian government‚ and administered by churches (Hanson). The Canadian government began to establish residential schools across Canada in the 1880’s. There were approximately 130 residential schools for aboriginal children of different communities across Canada (CBC) This essay will examine the residential school system in depth‚ the Canadian
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Residential Schools Basma Dhaw GENE 48 – 101 Michelle A. LaMarche November 4‚ 2014 Residential Schools In the 19th Century‚ what was the punishment of the crime for being born Native? “It is clear that the schools have been‚ arguably‚ the most damaging of the many elements of Canada’s colonization of this land’s original peoples and‚ as their consequences still affect the lives of Aboriginal people today‚ they remain so.”—John S. Milloy‚ A National Crime The First Nation people have
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Running Head: RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL BIOGRAPHY Residential School Biography Running Head: RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL BIOGRAPHY Treaties were signed by the Aboriginal people in the year of 1872‚ when the European settlers came to Canada. The negotiation lead into another subject in which they would build a residential school for the children of the Aboriginal people where they can help them in improving their economic and social practices. They negotiated with the Aboriginal people
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an adult. By assimilating the aboriginal children into the lower fringes of mainstream society‚ they hoped to diminish or abolish native traditions within a few generations. Schools run by churches upon government funding were created in order to separate these children from their homes. They were later named residential schools and were established with the assumption that aboriginal culture was unable to adapt to a modernizing society. In 1920‚ attendance became compulsory for all kids ages 7-15
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