Canadian Residential Schools (jan 30, 1831 – sep 20, 1848)
Description:
1831–1996: Residential schools operated in Canada during this period.Indigenous children, Canadian government, and Christian churches.
Across Canada, particularly in remote Indigenous areas.
A system of forced assimilation where Indigenous children were taken from families to erase their culture.
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Date:
jan 30, 1831
sep 20, 1848
~ 17 years