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The Canadian residential school system was a network of government-funded, church-administered boarding schools for Indigenous peoples, operating from the 17th
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The Canadian residential school system was a network of government-funded, church-administered boarding schools for Indigenous peoples, operating from the 17th century until the late 1990s. Its primary objective was to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture by separating them from their families, languages, and traditions, leading to widespread abuse and lasting intergenerational trauma.