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Originally Posted by Burninator
What's the quick and dirty summary of this whole thing? I'm not sure I know anything about it.
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For 100 years the there were gov't run schools to indoctrinate Aboriginal children to the ways of a 'civilized' Christian culture. There was an investigation after allegations of abuse and it was determined that substantial amounts of abuse had occured.
Harper will issue an official apology on behalf of the Government of Canada for the abuse many aboriginal children suffered at the hands of those running the mandatory schools, which operated for a century, ending in the 1970s.
About 150,000 native children went through the programs, which were an extension of religious missionary work designed to assimilate the children into Christian society.