BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 16:46:00
Of residential schools, which were part of policy to attempt to assimilate indigenous children and destroy indigenous cultures and languages. barbara plett usher has visited the province of saskatchewan to find out more. for decades, the site of the school filled children with fear and dread. todayis today is a hunting reminder in a dark period in canadian history. six years old, i was imprisoned here. he and three of his brothers were students in the late 1970s. he remember strict rules and harsh punishments. around 150,000 indigenous children were sent to such schools, cutting them off for t...