The TRC Report Is Not Only a History of Residential Schools, but a History of Canada | ... - 0 views
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"This week we found out that this was not to be the case. The opening paragraph of the TRC Report leaves little room for interpretation: For over a century, the central goals of Canada's Aboriginal policy were to eliminate Aboriginal governments; ignore Aboriginal rights; terminate the Treaties; and, through a process of assimilation, cause Aboriginal peoples to cease to exist as distinct legal, social, cultural, religious and racial entities in Canada. The establishment and operation of residential schools were a central element of this policy, which can be best described as 'cultural genocide.'"
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