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The records on our site emerge from the cultural and physical genocide that the Canadian government and churches conducted through the Indian Residential School System, including the ongoing impacts.

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Indian Residential School System

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The Indian Residential School system, which was in existence from the 17th century, expanded with the Indian Act of 1876. The system was designed to ensure the forced assimilation of Indigenous children into European culture. Funded by the government and run by the churches, the schools removed children from their families, forbade them from speaking Indigenous languages, and prohibited traditional cultural practices. Most children experienced emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuse. The last school closed in 1997.

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