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In 1894, amendments to the Indian Act made attendance at a day school, if there was a day school on the reserve on which the child resided, compulsory for status Indian children between 7 and 16 years of age. The changes included a series of exemptions regarding school location, the health of the children and their prior completion of school ...
Cantonment Indian Boarding School, Canton, Indian Territory, run by the General Conference Mennonites [16] from September, 1882 to 1 July 1927. [17] Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, [18] open 1879–1918. [19] Carter Seminary, Ardmore, Oklahoma, open 1917–2004, when the facility moved to Kingston, Oklahoma. It was renamed as ...
The Indian Act (French: Loi sur les Indiens) is a Canadian Act of Parliament that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves. [3] [4] [a] First passed in 1876 and still in force with amendments, it is the primary document that defines how the Government of Canada interacts with the 614 First Nation bands in Canada and their members.
St. Anthony's Indian Residential School (Onion Lake Catholic Indian Residential School) (Joseph Dion was pupil No. 7) [28] Onion Lake: SK: 1891: 1968: RC St. Barnabas Indian Residential School (Onion Lake Indian Residential School) Onion Lake: SK: 1893 (burned down in 1943) 1951: AN St. Phillips Indian Residential School (Keeseekoose Day School ...
During this time, Canada introduced the Indian Act extending its control over the First Nations to education, government and legal rights. [2] The federal government did provide emergency relief, on condition of the Indigenous peoples moving to the Indian reserve. [3]
More than 500 Indian boarding schools were established across America, in which young children were forced to leave their families, cut their hair and speak English only, and were subject to ...
Pupils at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania, c. 1900. American Indian boarding schools, also known more recently as American Indian residential schools, were established in the United States from the mid-17th to the early 20th centuries with a primary objective of "civilizing" or assimilating Native American children and youth into Anglo-American culture.
Shingwauk Indian Residential School (Wawanosh School for Girls) Sioux Lookout Indian Residential School (Pelican Lake Day School) Slate Falls Nation Learning Centre; Spanish Indian Residential School; St. Boniface Industrial School; St. Joseph’s Indian Boarding School (Fort William Indian Residential School) St. Joseph's Anishnabek School