The story of an Innu boy 400 years ago may have been the template for residential schools
Pastedechouan was an Innu boy taken to France by Catholic clergymen in 1620. What happened to him 400 years ago may well be the template that would later become the residential school system. IDEAS retraces the story of Pastedechouan, revealing that history has an extremely long reach.
Saint Maurice Kevin Burns Emma Anderson Pierre Anthoine Pastedechouan Dominique Deslandres Paul Le Jeune
Source: cbc.ca