Canadian Minister Justin Trudeau says residential schools were part of a larger colonial policy designed to erase language and culture, and to assimilate Indigenous communities so that they no longer existed as distinct peoples
The Canadian government apologized in Parliament in 2008 and admitted that physical and sexual abuse in the schools was rampant. Many students recalled being beaten for speaking their native languages. They also lost touch with their parents and customs.
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