Miller, J.R. "Residential Schools." The Canadian Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 June 2017.
Red Wolf By: Jennifer Dance
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Residential schools are schools created by the government and church to incorporate christianity.
Aboriginal kids were deeply affected in between 1850-1914. They were taken away from their homes and physically and mentally abused. Europeans would bring them into Residential Schools to educate them. They would punish a kid if he did something wrong, they would hit them with a ruler or possibly whip them. The food quality was awful and had barely given them any, therefor the kids were malnourished and were tired from all the chores they were making them do. Kids would be over-worked. Because of harsh environments kids were vulnerable to many diseases such as the Spanish flu and more. There wasn't much treatment for ill children so many of them died. Kids were not allowed to speak their native language and were separated from siblings. Since kids were brought in very young at around 4-6 years old by the time they finished a year or two they would forget the First Nations language and would have difficulty communicating with their parents.
s Kids weren't really protected from the harsh weather, their clothing was cheap and did not keep them warm. Sometimes the school would perform nutritional experiments , because of such poor conditions about 3200 people died. The quality of life in the Residential schools was bad, kids were not treated properly, malnourished,punished got sick,overworked and more.
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