What happened to Indigenous children in Canada?

What happened to Indigenous children in Canada?

The residential school system harmed Indigenous children significantly by removing them from their families, depriving them of their ancestral languages, and exposing many of them to physical and sexual abuse.

Was the Catholic Church involved in residential schools?

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. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has said Canada’s residential school policy was cultural genocide.

How many bodies found residential schools Canada?

Estimates range from 3,200 to over 6,000.

What is the indigenous child welfare?

Indigenous families and communities had their systems for caring for their children based on their cultural practices, laws, and traditions. Children were viewed as gifts from the creator and the parents’ responsibility was to raise the spirit of the child.

How many indigenous children are buried in Canada’s Catholic boarding schools?

Since May 28, the graves of more than 1,000 Indigenous children have been discovered in Canada, on the grounds of former state-funded boarding schools run by the Catholic Church.

How many children were buried in unmarked graves in Saskatchewan?

An Indigenous group said the remains of as many as 751 people, mainly children, had been found in unmarked graves on the site of a former boarding school in Saskatchewan.

Where are the remains of 215 Indigenous children found?

Unmarked graves containing the remains of 215 Indigenous children have been discovered on the grounds of a former residential school in the interior of southern British Columbia.

Why is there another mass burial site found in Canada?

For Canada’s 1.7 million Indigenous citizens, who make up about 4.9 percent of the population, the finding of yet another mass burial site is a visceral reminder of centuries of discrimination and abuse, which has led to intergenerational trauma among survivors of residential schools and their families.