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The Papal B******t The Reality of Turtle Island
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- Society & Culture
Is an apology enough?
***Obviously not - rhetorical question; we know the answer already.
In 1884, amendments to the Indian Act, 1876 were adopted and provided for the creation of Indian residential schools. The Indian residential schools in Canada were predominately funded and operated by the Government of Canada and Roman Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian and United churches.
The Catholic Church ran most of Canada's residential schools, which were federally funded institutions meant to strip Indigenous children of their traditions, language and culture. Thousands of children died from malnutrition, abuse, disease or neglect.
Although the Mohawk Institute was not Catholic run (like some felt they needed to point out), it is still a legacy of the residential school system as the first that opened in 1831 and not closing until June, 27, 1970.
Semantics aside, all religion had a hand; and it stems predominantly from the Roman Catholic Church.
Watch or listen tomorrow morning on Red Truth & White Lies: The Reality of Turtle Island.
"15,000 students from 20 First Nation communities were at the school. Many of them were abducted from their homes and abused there. Records indicate there were 54 deaths at the residential school, but local police services said they didn't know where they were buried"
~CBC Hamilton
The last federally-funded residential school, Kivalliq Hall in Rankin Inlet, closed in 1997. Residential schools operated in Canada for more than 160 years, with upwards of 150,000 children passing through their doors.
Is an apology enough?
***Obviously not - rhetorical question; we know the answer already.
In 1884, amendments to the Indian Act, 1876 were adopted and provided for the creation of Indian residential schools. The Indian residential schools in Canada were predominately funded and operated by the Government of Canada and Roman Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian and United churches.
The Catholic Church ran most of Canada's residential schools, which were federally funded institutions meant to strip Indigenous children of their traditions, language and culture. Thousands of children died from malnutrition, abuse, disease or neglect.
Although the Mohawk Institute was not Catholic run (like some felt they needed to point out), it is still a legacy of the residential school system as the first that opened in 1831 and not closing until June, 27, 1970.
Semantics aside, all religion had a hand; and it stems predominantly from the Roman Catholic Church.
Watch or listen tomorrow morning on Red Truth & White Lies: The Reality of Turtle Island.
"15,000 students from 20 First Nation communities were at the school. Many of them were abducted from their homes and abused there. Records indicate there were 54 deaths at the residential school, but local police services said they didn't know where they were buried"
~CBC Hamilton
The last federally-funded residential school, Kivalliq Hall in Rankin Inlet, closed in 1997. Residential schools operated in Canada for more than 160 years, with upwards of 150,000 children passing through their doors.
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