Canada: Breaking Silence - Video On Aboriginal Children Forced To Attend Church Run Residential ...


Canada: Breaking Silence - Video On Aboriginal Children Forced To Attend Church Run Residential Schools   In 1850 the Canadian Government enacted a law requiring all Aboriginal children between the ages of 5 and 18 to attend church run residential schools.   These schools would run for over 100 years. An estimated 150,000 Aboriginal children attended the schools in every part of Canada.   "Breaking Silence" tells the stories of some of the survivors of this system of...

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