Indian Residential Schools in Canada the painful legacy

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Canada's Indian Residential School system was responsible for the loss of culture and self-identity for hundreds of thousands of Aboriginal children. Recently, the government has made an apology to former students and the First Nations, in general, for the policy that was the root cause of many of the problems in aboriginal communities and with individuals, today.

As well, legal cases - both individual as well as class-action -- have gone forward against individuals for physical, mental and sexual abuse perpetrated by staff at these schools.

The government has instituted dispute resolution processes to deal with cases of abuse, as a method of achieving healing.

The Common Experience Payment, a landmark agreement involving the federal and provincial governments, the courts, First Nations groups, the communities and individuals to compensate every former Residential School Student in Canada for each year they spent in Residential School is well under way. It marked an historic point in Canadian history, a turning point in the treatment and recognition of Aboriginal people across Canada.

In the next several years, The Truth and Reconciliation Commission will begin hearings to bring about healing to those people who lost loved ones to the system, who were damaged physically and emotionally by their removal to Residential School, and to bring together the Native peoples and the rest of Canada.

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[PunkPrincess13itch]

Thankfully my dad ran away , saved his money &ran to the nearest busstation(miles away) &tooka bus to winnipeg where he raised me, he attended there nomore then 6 months &is not eligible for the residential school survivor money, that is okay though because no amount of money will replace our lost culture, his brothers and sisters attended there longer and they are now mentally corrupt and re-fuse to teach their language asif they never knew it ,we will neverhave justice in a white man world :'(

[Mudhooks]

@PunkPrincess13itch if he was a resident for even one day, he would be eligible. I don't know if the deadline for application has passed, though. If he was a day student or a student who was living in a home placement, or at a non-eligible school, he isn't eligible. But if he was actually a resident who was admitted to a school covered by the settlement, he would be eligible. Who told him he wasn't eligible?

[musicbystarlee]

they removed all and any children from their homes...........

[ownzz33]

there was one guy who went to this place when he was 4 years old a child..

[MsRedqueen]

My mother went to one of those schools. Speaking of the legacy. We have to talk about the suicide rates of natives since then and now. I know that the Canadian government is only counting natives that live on reservations. Not natives who are mixed, or Metis, or have married non natives or no longer live on reservations. Life expectancy is a diffecult thing to judge. How many really didn't make it home, or were broken beings when they did? How are thier children, now? I'm not ok.

[WarriorOfTheOldWays1]

@TheBrradsullivan Before contact there was no smallpox, syphillis and many other illnesses.Also there were no carcinogens being produced from mining and manufacturing.

[MusicLuver78901]

@Darcksaac wow that bishop is such an idiot, many children died in those schools and unspeakable crimes happened in these hellholes!!! Really, as a Canadian, I am ashamed to say that these crimes happened in my country. I would like to apologize to all the aboriginals who have suffered in those schools and I would like to thank all the aboriginals such as Louis Riel who fought for the rights of people. And there were A LOT of bad things that happened in those wretched schools.

[SerenityBunni]

My grandmother said her expierience there was great. my dad's was torture :(

[Mudhooks]

@TheBrradsullivan Exactly.

[TheBrradsullivan]

@Mudhooks ...well we know native life expectancy jumped from 40 to 65 in a generation but when you take into accound the millions who lost their lives via war, disease and whom are still dying early due to substance abuse and violence it does make the whole issue a matter of perspective. plus you have to ask yourself are the comforts of modern material wealth really worth ones identity? i dont think so, id rather live with purpose and die young then wallow on the fringes of a welfare state