government was working upon a system that isolated children from their families‚ traditions‚ language and culture. The purpose of residential schools was to take Indigenous children and "to kill the Indian in the child" (Erin Hanson)‚ meaning to rip the Aboriginal identity out from the children. The government wanted all Indigenous children to be taught a culture that they thought was most suitable to a Canadian lifestyle: to become Christian and put into a Euro-Canadian way of living was the main
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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 in a recent article to primary sources that were written while Industrial Schools were in action
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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 act in 1876‚ which defined federal administration of the native population
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Even if they are called different names‚ one being an example of genocide in classrooms everywhere‚ Residential Schools- if not worse‚ are very alike to the Nazi Concentration Camps in World War II. Slowly both the Concentration Camps and Residential Schools worsened in conditions and excessive genocide (LY-Starter). Eliminated from celebrating their own religion‚ both the Jewish and First Nations lost many aspects of their culture (ED starter). This was done by giving extreme punishment to the
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Conflicts through Agreements: The Indian Act and Canadian Treaties In modern society the question of why the aboriginal population receives benefits often arises. Much of today’s youth does not understand that the Native American people were often stripped of their rights in the past in order to gain these advantages. Two main incidents were established in the Aboriginal history‚ the first was the treaties that spread across Canada and the second incident was the Indian Act of 1876. The main difference
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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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were 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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Before understanding the link between Residential Schools and child welfare‚ it is imperative to understand the horrible memories these Aboriginal young children have. The average Aboriginal child taken away from their family was only 7 years old. You arrived at the schools being told you are no longer an Indian. Assault began the moment the child took the first step across the school’s threshold‚ having their clothing stripped off and all hair shaved off. Many children were crushed with loneliness
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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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The era of residential schools in Canada is one of the most shameful times in Canadian history‚ acting as a “cultural genocide” of the indigenous people. Cultural genocide is the systematic eradication of the traditions‚ language‚ and other elements of a unique group of people. The government of Canada sought to accomplish this eradication through the mandatory attendance at a residential school for all indigenous children. Without the guidance of their parents at such a young age‚ the adults in
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