Badpancakes
Badpancakes t1_iu3cpev wrote
Reply to comment by Vannilazero in (Canada) House of Commons unanimously agrees to describe residential schools as genocide by EdithDich
In short the Catholic Church and Canadian government stole indigenous children and put them in “schools” to strip them of their culture and language. These schools were filled with abuse, rape, and murder of the children.
Recently they started finding all the unmarked graves, and I think the total so far is around 1700 children found.
The last residential school was closed in 1996, and only in the last 10 or so years has it started being taught in public schools.
Badpancakes t1_iu5pgpf wrote
Reply to comment by Strykker2 in (Canada) House of Commons unanimously agrees to describe residential schools as genocide by EdithDich
I’ve noticed that it varies from school district to school district. I graduated in 2008 and it wasn’t even mentioned, but I see some people were taught. I think it was made mandatory across Canada in the last decade or so though