FIST 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Canadian Indian Residential School System, Cultural Genocide, Boarding School
Document Summary
Residential schools government church run schools , established in 1870s. Meant as indoctrination station for indigenous children early in the countries history, they were spread all over the country. Intended to eliminate parental involvement in the intellectual, cultural, and spiritual development of. Belief that children would become good christian children, to eliminate parental influence over children developments. 150,000 first nations, inuit, and m tis children placed. Forbidden from speaking/practicing their culture - to remove cultural aspects and replacing it with. The ongoing impact of on residence schools has been felt over generations. The trauma still exist, committed to many social problems and inequities that still exist. Cultural genocide, to completely eradicate indigenous culture - acknowledged by the government. The real numbers are much higher, the official numbers, but dont. 1/26 - coming out of ww2 department for indian affairs behind these residential school, on paper for good intent of cultural education.
