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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Better Late Than Never The residential school system of Canada are network of residential school for Aboriginal peoples of Canada funded by the Canadian government’s Department of Indian Affairs‚ and administered by Christian churches. In the early twentieth century‚ young natives were removed from their families‚ and deprived of their ancestral languages‚ exposed physical and sexual abuse at the hands of their teachers and other students. In this essay‚ I will discuss about how those young natives
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The Indian Residential School system had a profound impact on many of the students who attended the schools‚ their descendants‚ and Aboriginal communities at large. Aboriginal experiences of the residential schools were largely missing from the historical record prior to 1990‚ when Chief Phil Fontaine publically acknowledged the abuse he and other students experienced at Fort Alexander school (Stanton‚ 2011‚ p. 2; The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada‚ 2015a‚ p. 41). Through the Truth
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done in order to fit them into their ideal perception of what it was to be Canadian. With the help of the church the Canadian government implemented the residential school system‚ which was devoted to providing a disciplined based ideal that promoted rejection of the aboriginal culture in favor of the dominant white population. The residential system would eventually become an official Canadian policy for the education of Indian. Even though there are those that state that the government was just looking
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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 government’s actions upon residential schools‚ good
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so many of those schools" (“A selection of quotes”‚ 2014). Indian residential schools is one of many scars that plague Canada’s colonial history. For the Indigenous community‚ the effects of residential schools did not end when the schools were shut down‚ but instead they leave a legacy of trauma and pain. Today‚ Indigenous people are still picking up the pieces of their culture as they struggle to make sense of generations of families that have been disrupted. Residential schools have detrimental
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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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In the 1800’s the Canadian government became responsible for the education of First Nation children because of various treaties and other laws. Because of this the education of Status Indians (Metis and Inuit were put into the system later) fell under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Federal Government. During 1830’s-1900’s the Canadian government and various Christian churches created the Indian Residential School System (IRS). The IRS was a compulsory education system created to assimilate First
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century‚ the Canadian government came up with an idea to start assimilating Aboriginal peoples into the dominant culture. This meant taking 150‚000 children away from their 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
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September 11‚ 2014 "Residential Schools" Summary The Canadian government wanted to assimilate natives in by putting native children in residential schools. The Canadian government contacted churches to set up residential schools and provided them with funding‚ land and equipment. In 1884‚ the government passed the Indian Act‚ which made it mandatory for all native children under the age of 16 to attend residential schools. During the time between 1890 to 1970’s‚ when residential schools were ended‚ between
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