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Study period at a Roman Catholic Indian Residential School in Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories. The Canadian Indian residential school system [a] was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples. [b] The network was funded by the Canadian government's Department of Indian Affairs and administered by various Christian churches.
The following is a list of schools that operated as part of the Canadian Indian residential school system. [nb 1] [1] [2] The first opened in 1828, and the last closed in 1997.
1876 The Indian Act, a Canadian statute that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves was first passed in 1876 and is still in force with amendments, it is the primary document which governs how the Canadian state interacts with the 614 Indian bands in Canada and their members. Throughout its long history the ...
The Kamloops Indian Residential School was part of the Canadian Indian residential school system. Located in Kamloops , British Columbia, it was once the largest residential school in Canada, with its enrolment peaking at 500 in the 1950s.
"Residential Schools in Canada: A Timeline" (2020) – Historica Canada (3:59min) Beginning in 1874 and lasting until 1996, [ 100 ] the Canadian government, in partnership with the dominant Christian Churches, [ 101 ] ran 130 residential boarding schools across Canada for Indigenous children, who were forcibly taken from their homes.
The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA; French: Convention de règlement relative aux pensionnats indiens, CRRPI [1]) is an agreement between the government of Canada and approximately 86,000 Indigenous peoples in Canada who at some point were enrolled as children in the Canadian Indian residential school system, a system which was in place between 1879 and 1997.
The school system was in effect until 1996, when the last school closed. [20] Canada's residential school system was implemented by the federal government and administered by various churches. [20] Its purpose was to remove Aboriginal children from their homes and reserves, so they could teach them Euro-Canadian and Christian values.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC; French: Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada [CVR]) was a truth and reconciliation commission active in Canada from 2008 to 2015, organized by the parties of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.