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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.
Fort Simpson Indian Residential School (Fort Simpson Boarding School, including residences Bompas Hall, Lapointe Hall, St. Margaret's Hall) Fort Simpson: NWT: 1920: 1970: RC Fort Smith Indian Residential School (Breynat Hall) Fort Smith: NWT: 1957: 1970: RC Hay River Indian Residential School (St. Peter's Mission Indian Residential School) Hay ...
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.
Burial sites have been uncovered at former Indian boarding schools across Canada. But a Lakota activist warns of discoveries to come in the US.
The Kamloops Indian Residential School was part of the Canadian Indian residential school system. Located in Kamloops , British Columbia, it was once the largest residential school in Canada, with its enrolment peaking at 500 in the 1950s.
"Sugarcane" follows an investigation into the deaths and abuses at St. Joseph’s Mission, a former Catholic-run Indigenous residential school that closed in 1981 in British Columbia.
Coordinates: 1]: Information; Former names: Crooked Lake Boarding School (1899) Cowessess Boarding School (1909) Cowessess Indian Residential School (1924–1968) Cowessess Student Residence (1969) Marieval Student Residence (1969–1981) Marieval Community Education Centre & Student Residence (1977) Marieval Community Education Centre (1981–1987) Cowessess Community Education Centre (1987 ...
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.