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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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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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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For decades in Canada‚ officially beginning in 1892‚ children were taken away from their families and put into schools that would change and take away their views and beliefs‚ initial knowledge‚ image‚ and identity. In the earlier stages‚ these schools were referred to as Industrial Schools for Indians. Today‚ we call them Residential Schools with Aboriginal survivors who are able to tell their stories. Aboriginal people suffered while there schools were running. This essay will compare the knowledge
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driven to an unfamiliar school many kilometers away? What would it be like to live in a strange dorm 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
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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 Canada as a whole
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purpose of the residential school system was to integrate aboriginal children of the Aboriginal people in Canada into mainstream society. This was to be done through assimilation. The purpose of these schools has been described as a cultural genocide‚ or “killing the Indian in the child.” Children were forcibly separated from their family and taken from their reserves‚ to be placed in boarding schools run mainly by the Catholic‚ Anglican‚ Presbyterian‚ and United churches. Residential schools broke the
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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 enforce their legislative "war against Indianness". The Canadian Government passed the Indian
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