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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
The Canadian Indian residential school system was an extensive school system that was set up by the Government of Canada and organized and ran by Churches. Residential schools began operation in Canada in the 1880s and began to close during the end of the 20th century. [20]
"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.
Gordon's Indian Residential School was a boarding school for George Gordon First Nation students in Punnichy, ... (The year 1876 also saw the passing of the Indian Act).