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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Most Indigenous Canadians had adopted Christianity before residential schools were established. And in the period of first contact, most were baptized in adulthood.
Maybe you should go to the next Lac Ste Anne pilgrimage and tell the thousands of Indigenous Catholics gathered that they’re indoctrinated dupes living a sham. No doubt they’ll welcome a white man dispelling their ignorance.
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No, they didnt adopt religion, they were forced to indoctrinate.
https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pu...first-peoples/
When Europeans arrived in the seventeenth century, they brought with them religious and cultural ideologies from Europe. Missionaries from France, whether intentionally or not, played a large role in the violent colonization of Indigenous communities on Turtle Island.