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    and put into schools that would change and take away their views and beliefs‚ initial knowledge‚ image‚ and identity. In the earlier stages‚ these schools were referred to as Industrial Schools for Indians. Today‚ we call them Residential Schools with Aboriginal survivors who are able to tell their stories. Aboriginal people suffered while there schools were running. This essay will compare the knowledge in a recent article to primary sources that were written while Industrial Schools were in action

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    Mary McCleary Residential Treatment Facilities CJ1210 Ryan Sharp June 7‚ 2013 Residential Treatment Facilities provide a vast range of services for troubled youth such as; drug and alcohol treatment‚ discipline‚ counseling‚ basic living skills‚ structure‚ and so much more. These Residential Treatment Centers also provide organization skills that training schools provide as well and they are; obedience/conformity‚ reeducation/development‚ and treatment. These are three very important factors

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    Indian Residential School (IRS) system on former Aboriginal students‚ their families‚ and on aboriginal culture‚ language‚ and heritage‚ Canada announced the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) in 2006‚ to compensate former students and investigate atrocities and abuses suffered through the establishment of the IRS system. It was the largest class action settlement in Canadian history. As part of that

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    RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS The truth of residential schools was a bitter portion of Canadian history. Residential school‚ first built by France missionaries in early 1620 but due to some reason it did not get success. After that in 1830 Mohawk institute in Brantford‚ Ontario and many other residential schools were built‚ for example Alberta residential school‚ Manitoba residential school ‚ British Columbia residential school and others(They Came For The Children‚TRC). Actually there was a different purpose

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    School attendance rates of Indigenous students within mainstream schools are one ongoing issues faced Australian. In an interview‚ Perkins made 2 valid points; “There’s no good educating a person if they live in a tin shanty” and that there is “no use educating the child without educating the adults”. Some Indigenous children‚ like Perkins‚ moved away from their families at a young age to attend a school that would allow them to further their education. Many Indigenous students attending mainstream

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    this the education of Status Indians (Metis and Inuit were put into the system later) fell under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Federal Government. During 1830’s-1900’s the Canadian government and various Christian churches created the Indian Residential School System (IRS). The IRS was a compulsory education system created to assimilate First Nation‚ eventually Metis and Inuit children through means similar to the Colonial English and the Prussian compulsory education systems. These children were

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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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    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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    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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    Indian Residential Schools INTRO How many of you guys have heard about Indian residential schools? Probably not a lot of you. This is a topic you probably haven’t discussed before‚ but it’s a topic I believe everyone should be educated about and informed on. For about 100 years‚ the government removed Aboriginal children from their homes and placed them in residential schools in an attempt to make them "Canadian." In very strict and often violent environments‚ children were denied regular contact

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