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Aggressive Assimilation
The key to this policy was a system of industrial schools where religious instruction and skills training would help the Native Americans catch up with the demands of Western society.
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Assimilation agressive
L'élément central de cette politique était un système d'écoles industrielles où l'enseignement religieux et l'enseignement des métiers allaient aider les Autochtones à s'adapter aux exigences de la société occidentale.
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Legislation for the Residential Schools
Prime Minister Macdonald authorized the creation of new residential schools and granted government funds for those that were already in place.
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Législation pour les pensionnats
Le premier ministre Macdonald a autorisé la création de nouveaux pensionnats et octroyé un financement gouvernemental à ceux qui existaient déjà.
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The Role of the Churches
Learn about the Catholic and Anglican churches' role in propagating residential schools throughout Canada.
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Le rôle des églises
Learn about the Catholic and Anglican churches' role in propagating residential schools throughout Canada.
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Building the Indian Residential Schools System
One of the most important historians of the residential schools, James R. Miller, estimates that a great number of indigenous students were, in fact, educated in day schools, although the residential schools left the most painful, long-lasting marks on indigenous communities.
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Construire le système des pensionnats autochtones
L'un des historiens les plus importants sur les pensionnats, James R. Miller, estime qu'un grand nombre d'élèves autochtones étaient, dans les faits, éduqués dans les écoles de jour, bien que les pensionnats aient laissé les marques les plus douloureuses et durables sur les communautés autochtones.
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“Until There Is Not a Single Indian in Canada”
Over the 150-year span of the Indian Residential Schools system, Canada saw close to 150 schools and 150,000 pupils.
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« Jusqu'à ce qu'il n'y ait plus un seul Indien au Canada »
Pendant les 150 années du système de pensionnats autochtones, le Canada a connu 150 écoles et 150 000 élèves.
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Police at Battle of Cable Street
Demonstrators barricaded the streets in London's East End where Fascist leader Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts had planned a march.
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