The term Residential schools refer to a variety of institutions that include industrial schools‚ boarding schools and student residents. European settlers in Canada brought with them the assumption that their own civilization was the greatest of human achievement and all should live like them. They believed that the Aboriginal people‚ Canada’s first inhabitants‚ were ignorant‚ savage and in need of guidance. Beginning in the 1800s‚ the Canadian federal government partnered with Roman Catholic
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Abstract This research explores how the residential schools established in the 19th century affected the Native population and the Canadian government. This has been done by examining primary sources such as digital archives‚ books‚ statistics and reports. Upon examination of these events‚ it becomes clear that residential schools had a long term negative impact on the Aboriginal communities and created a negative image to the Canadian government. Despite the government’s goals of assimilating
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Residential Schools: A Promise to the Aboriginal People Shakainah D. Aycardo Residential Schools in Canada have left a negative and destructive legacy in the lives of Aboriginal People. Aboriginal people hold the results of their ancestors long standing and their occupancy of the land. Hunting‚ trapping‚ and fishing on Ancestral lands‚ some examples that Aboriginal people rights. Residential Schools were established by the Canadian
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done in order to fit them into their ideal perception of what it was to be Canadian. With the help of the church the Canadian government implemented the residential school system‚ which was devoted to providing a disciplined based ideal that promoted rejection of the aboriginal culture in favor of the dominant white population. The residential system would eventually become an official Canadian policy for the education of Indian. Even though there are those that state that the government was just
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In 1931 there were about 80 residential schools operating in Canada (News‚ CBC). Over the years that residential schools were in session‚ there were many traumatic events that caused mental‚ emotional‚ and physical damage to not only the individuals who attended‚ but also their families. While residential schools are in the past‚ there are still many long term effects including crime‚ parental abuse and substance abuse that harm the Aboriginal population to this day. Firstly‚ the atrocity of substance
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Comparison of Different Residential Schools Burtch 1 There have been many residential schools across the world striving to end indigenous culture. Residential schools in Canada‚ America’s Indian boarding schools‚ and what is known as the Stolen Generations from Australia‚ each have similar objectives; however‚ their actions to accomplish their goals vary. Severe punishments are endured by a majority of the children at these schools for unmerited reasons
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an adult. By assimilating the aboriginal children into the lower fringes of mainstream society‚ they hoped to diminish or abolish native traditions within a few generations. Schools run by churches upon government funding were created in order to separate these children from their homes. They were later named residential schools and were established with the assumption that aboriginal culture was unable to adapt to a modernizing society. In 1920‚ attendance became compulsory for all kids ages 7-15
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to the Residential school system. Residential schools were an extensive school system supported by the Canadian government‚ and administered by churches (Hanson). The Canadian government began to establish residential schools across Canada in the 1880’s. There were approximately 130 residential schools for aboriginal children of different communities across Canada (CBC) This essay will examine the residential school system in depth‚ the Canadian government’s actions upon residential schools‚ good
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deaf child‚ as a hearing parent. One major decision on a parent’s plate for their deaf child is the choice of a residential or oral school to enroll their child in. Even though the students will be less exposed to deaf culture‚ parents of deaf children should send their kids to an oral school because they graduate with a higher reading level than kids who graduate from a residential school and learning how to assimilate with the majority of the population could help further their experience in life
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civilized (i.e. European) lifestyle. Residential schools were established for two reasons: separation of the children from the family and the belief that aboriginal culture was not worth preserving. Most people concluded that aboriginal culture was useless and dying and all human beings would eventually develop and change to be like the ’advanced’ European civilization. Early residential schools were similar to religious missions. Later‚ the mission-run schools were administered jointly by Canadian
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