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Study period at a Roman Catholic Indian Residential School in Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories. The Canadian Indian residential school system [a] was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples. [b] The network was funded by the Canadian government's Department of Indian Affairs and administered by various Christian churches.
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) Kamsack: SK: 1899: 1965: RC Thunderchild Indian Residential School (Delmas Indian Residential School) Delmas: SK: 1933: 1948 (burned down by students) RC
The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA; French: Convention de règlement relative aux pensionnats indiens, CRRPI [1]) is an agreement between the government of Canada and approximately 86,000 Indigenous peoples in Canada who at some point were enrolled as children in the Canadian Indian residential school system, a system which was in place between 1879 and 1997.
According to the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Federation of Students, indigenous peoples have a right to education under the terms of the Royal Proclamation of 1763, Constitution Act, 1982, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Canada),and the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, but that these rights have historically been ...
Prince Albert Indian Residential School was a Canadian residential school operated by the Anglican Church for First Nations children in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It was located on the West Hill of Prince Albert in a former army barracks. Victoria Union Hospital is now adjacent to the former school area to the west. [1]
Canadian Indian residential school system; Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association; D. Nicholas Flood Davin; F. First Nations nutrition experiments; Fontaine et al ...
The Indian Act is Canadian law that dates from 1876. The Act replaced pre-Confederation Canadian laws, and was intended to administer the Indigenous people, and define Canadian interactions. Successive Canadian governments used its powers to impose conditions on the First Nations, and guide their integration into Canada.
Battleford Industrial School was a Canadian Indian residential school for First Nations children in Battleford, Northwest Territories (now Saskatchewan) operating from 1883-1914. It was the first residential school operated by the Government of Canada with the aim of assimilating Indigenous people into the society of the settlers.