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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.
The Qu'Appelle Indian Industrial School in Lebret, Assiniboia, North-West Territories, c. 1885 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.
The 1876 Act to Promote the Gradual Assimilation of the Indian Tribes of Canada provided the legal framework for the residential school system. [24] The last residential school closed in 1997. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission found records of 4037 deaths at the schools, and published a list. [25]
Around the same time, the school acquired more land, and farming became a prominent part of life for children at the school. In 1885, the school began to accept students from reserves beyond Six Nations. [1] On April 19, 1903, the main school building was again destroyed by fire. In May, the barns of the Mohawk School were also destroyed by fire.
Pupils at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania, c. 1900. American Indian boarding schools, also known more recently as American Indian residential schools, were established in the United States from the mid-17th to the early 20th centuries with a primary objective of "civilizing" or assimilating Native American children and youth into Anglo-American culture.
The school experienced a major fire in 1921, and was replaced the following year with a new capacity for 100 students. [5] While most of the Anglican residential schools came under the control of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (MSCC) in 1923, the Diocese of Qu’Appelle retained control of Gordon's. [5]
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.
Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School (Q.I.R.S.) or Qu'Appelle Industrial School was a Canadian residential school in the Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan. As one of the early residential schools in western Canada , it was operated from 1884 to 1969 by the Roman Catholic Church for First Nations children and was run by the Missionary Oblates of ...