During the existence of this type of school, about 30 percent, or 150,000 native children were Placed into residential school.
This type of system began in pre Confederation times. An amendment to the law made native children be forced to go to such schools. In many cases, residential schools were the only option.
The number of these schools in 1931 became 80, however it fell in the following years.
This type of school was closed in 1996, and today we know that about 150 000 children went through residential schools, and about 6,000 of them unfortunately died. …show more content…
To apologize, in June 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized publicas.9 days prior the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation commission was created to reveal the truth about these escolas.A commission collected former students of these schools and during the 2008 and 2013 events took place seven to share the experiences they had in residential schools.
The commission also established that the native kids damage, all 86,000 survivors of these schools would receive about 2 billion dollars in all, this is not enough to erase the past of these poor