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{{Important}}{{mature}}{{Act of Villainy|name=Canadian Indian residential school system|Image=CRS.jpg|perpetrator=Department of Indian Affairs<br>Christian churches|date=1883 - 1997|location=Canada|motive=To assimilate First Nations, Inuit and Métis children into western culture.|crimes=Cultural [[genocide]]<br>Forced assimilation<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Child abuse]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>Unethical experimentation<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Anti-Native American Sentiment]]}}
{{Important}}{{mature}}{{Act of Villainy|name=Canadian Indian residential school system|image=A group of nuns with Aboriginal students, Port Harrison, Quebec, circa 1890 Groupe de religieuses avec des élèves autochtones, Port Harrison (Québec), vers 1890 (14260482006).jpg|perpetrator=Department of Indian Affairs<br>Christian churches|date=1883 - 1997|location=Canada|motive=To assimilate First Nations, Inuit and Métis children into western culture.|crimes=Cultural [[genocide]]<br>Forced assimilation<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Child abuse]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>Unethical experimentation<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Anti-Native American Sentiment]]}}
{{Quote|Underlying these arguments was the belief that the colonizers were bringing civilization to savage people who could never civilize themselves, a belief of racial and cultural superiority.|Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada}}
{{Quote|Underlying these arguments was the belief that the colonizers were bringing civilization to savage people who could never civilize themselves, a belief of racial and cultural superiority.|Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada}}
The '''Canadian Indian residential school system''' was a network of boarding schools in Canada. The schools were made to forcibly assimilate indigenous children into western culture. The system has been described as an act of cultural [[genocide]], as the system was designed to [[Genocide of Indigenous Peoples|purposefully eradicate indigenous cultures]], though some consider it physical genocide as well (as part of the larger ongoing [[Amerindian Genocide]]), as the residential schools lead to the deaths of at least 30,000 children. It is estimated that a total of 150,000 children were forced to attend the school system.  
The '''Canadian Indian residential school system''' was a network of boarding schools in Canada. The schools were made to forcibly assimilate indigenous children into western culture. The system has been described as an act of cultural [[genocide]], as the system was designed to [[Genocide of Indigenous Peoples|purposefully eradicate indigenous cultures]], though some consider it physical genocide as well (as part of the larger ongoing [[Amerindian Genocide]]), as the residential schools lead to the deaths of at least 30,000 children. It is estimated that a total of 150,000 children were forced to attend the school system.