Residential School

1. Residential Schools Residential School Kiana Sumeet Gurpinder Farhaan Moiz  Kiana Sumeet Gurpinder Farhaan Moiz 

2. What is a Residential School ?                                                                                                                                                                                                                               • Was founded in the 19th century • There were approximately 130 residential schools in territories and provinces across Canada  • Was intended to assimilate the children of the aboriginal people into European-Canadian Society • The purpose of the school was to take the Indian out of the children" • 1820s-1840s: Early church schools run by Protestants, Catholics, Anglicans and Methodists were established. •  About 1,100 students attended 69 schools across the country

3. About 150,000 aboriginal, Inuit and Métis children were  forced to attend the residential schools. • Throughout the years, students lived in substandard conditions and endured physical and emotional abuse.  • Some Student's were sexually abused • Four leaders of the Presbyterian Church signed a statement of apology in 1994. "It is with deep humility and in great sorrow that we come before God and our aboriginal brothers and sisters with our confession •  The United Church of Canada formally apologized to Canada's First Nations people in 1986 • offered its second apology in 1998 for the abuse that happened at residential schools. • It is estimated that there are 80,000 people alive today who attended residential school; these people are known as the residential school survivors. • 2008: On June 11 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized on behalf of the federal government for its participation in the federally funded Residential Schools.