https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57291530
Well, if this just doesn’t warm the cockles...
Holy hell!
From the link:
From about 1863 to 1998, more than 150,000 indigenous children were taken from their families and placed in these schools.
The children were often not allowed to speak their language or to practise their culture, and many were mistreated and abused.
And this:
A mass grave containing the remains of 215 children has been found in Canada at a former residential school set up to assimilate indigenous people.
The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed in 1978.
Go Canada!
Seriously, what the hell???
I knew Australia did similar things, but Canada? I never knew!
@shavixmir saidIt’s how the English did things everywhere.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57291530
Well, if this just doesn’t warm the cockles...
Holy hell!
From the link:
From about 1863 to 1998, more than 150,000 indigenous children were taken from their families and placed in these schools.
The children were often not allowed to speak their language or to practise their culture, and many were mistreated and ab ...[text shortened]... Canada!
Seriously, what the hell???
I knew Australia did similar things, but Canada? I never knew!
https://notevenpast.org/did-the-british-empire-depend-on-separating-parents-and-children/
@shavixmir
Yes, it’s horrible. Canada did at least apologize to the native population. Which is more than some countries have done.