Residential schools

"LOOKING UNTO JESUS'' At Kuper Island Residential School the brothers and fathers and sisters are trying to take out all the Indian out of them make them follow '' white people rules'' do only '' white people things''.

After travelling Canada for seven years, gathering witness accounts of Indian residential schools, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has written its final report and is wrapping up its work. But the work of sharing that truth with the rest of Canada is just beginning.

These picture books help teach about Indian Residential Schools, which is foundational to understanding Canada as it is today.

As Canadian students return to class, educators are scrambling to add an important new element to the curriculum - the history and impact of residential schools.

With the discovery of human remains on the grounds of residential schools, this history is now dominating the conversation in the country.

School was operated by the federal government between 1884 and 1934 and was known for brutal punishments and hard labour

The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site of a former residential school for indigenous children.

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This is a photo of an aboriginal Canadian man with his three children who all attended residential school in the 1920s. All aboriginal children in Canada were forced by the government to go to catholic/christian/anglican residential schools forcing them Canadians ways like speaking english and dressing in non-tribal clothing. Conditions were terrible and they were treated extremely poorly.

Alongside 94 recommendations, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released a volume of harrowing tales some survivors shared about their time at residential schools.