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201288 minGdocumentary

7.2/ 10(11 ratings)• TMDB

We Were Children

201288 minGdocumentary

7.2/ 10(11 ratings)• TMDB

More than 100,000 First Nations children were forced to attend government-funded residential schools in Canada from 1876 until 1996.

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Tim Wolochatiuk

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More than 100,000 First Nations children were forced to attend government-funded residential schools in Canada from 1876 until 1996.

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Tim Wolochatiuk

Tim Wolochatiukdirector

Jason Sherman

Jason Shermanwriter

Ross McMillancast

Glen Anaquodcast

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Glen Anaquod and Lyna Hart recount their experiences in Canada's residential schools, which operated for over 130 years until 1996. More than 100,000 First Nations children were forced to attend these government-funded institutions run by various Christian organizations. The schools, numbering 80 across the country, aimed to assimilate Indigenous children into Canadian society. Many faced brutality, physical hardship, and cultural erasure, with the stated goal of "killing the Indian in the child.

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