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    Residential School: Half-Day System What Is It?

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    Residential schools were established by the Canadian government from 1620 to 1996 to educate Indigenous students. Students attended on a half-day system, spending half their time on academics and half doing manual labor like chores. This system was implemented to save money. Students faced abuse, isolation from their families and culture, malnutrition, and harsh conditions. They were forced to assimilate into European culture through practices like haircuts, clothing, religion, and the prohibition of Indigenous languages. The overall experience severely disrupted Indigenous culture and identity.

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    Residential schools were established by the Canadian government from 1620 to 1996 to educate Indigenous students. Students attended on a half-day system, spending half their time on academics and half doing manual labor like chores. This system was implemented to save money. Students faced abuse, isolation from their families and culture, malnutrition, and harsh conditions. They were forced to assimilate into European culture through practices like haircuts, clothing, religion, and the prohibition of Indigenous languages. The overall experience severely disrupted Indigenous culture and identity.

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    Residential schools were established by the Canadian government from 1620 to 1996 to educate Indigenous students. Students attended on a half-day system, spending half their time on academics and half doing manual labor like chores. This system was implemented to save money. Students faced abuse, isolation from their families and culture, malnutrition, and harsh conditions. They were forced to assimilate into European culture through practices like haircuts, clothing, religion, and the prohibition of Indigenous languages. The overall experience severely disrupted Indigenous culture and identity.

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    Residential School: Half-Day System What Is It?

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    Residential schools were established by the Canadian government from 1620 to 1996 to educate Indigenous students. Students attended on a half-day system, spending half their time on academics and half doing manual labor like chores. This system was implemented to save money. Students faced abuse, isolation from their families and culture, malnutrition, and harsh conditions. They were forced to assimilate into European culture through practices like haircuts, clothing, religion, and the prohibition of Indigenous languages. The overall experience severely disrupted Indigenous culture and identity.

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    Residential School

    Half-Day System
    What is it?
     Operated on a half-day system,
     Schools that were established by the Canadian ½ day – in the class doing
    government and administered by churches from 1620 up academic work, ½ day – doing
    until 1996. chores (eg. Washing the floor,
     Meant for Aboriginal students milking cows)
     Many students were forced to attend & physically and  This was done to save money on
    sexually abused by the teacher at school academic resources

    Chores
    Academic
     Students are required to do everyday
     Forced to study Christianity for long hours
     Numeracy, reading, writing were taught  Male: milk the cows, feed animals,
     Many of the things they were taught grow gardens, chop wood, repair
    were completely new for them so the shoes

    students had a hard time adjusting to  Female: clean, cook, do laundry, wash
    dishes, sew
    European style of education

    Haircut
    Diet Isolation
     Hair cut very first
     Food are cheap, no  Students were isolated from their families after
    week they arrived
    nutritional value, being brought to the school
    the school
    tasteless  To assimilate the Aboriginal people into European
     In order to stripped
     Many students culture
    away from their
    were malnourished  Could only see their family once or twice per year
    Aboriginal culture
     Contribute to high  Couldn’t communicate with family when they visited
     All the students are
    death rate as they have forgotten how to speak mother
    given the same hair
    cut no individuality tongue

    Sleep Clothing

     Everyone had same clothes – no


     Had problem in sleeping due to anxiety
    individuality
     Once the light was closed, they are expected to fall
     Many grew out of their clothes, but
    asleep
    were not given new sizes
     If they caught talking during sleeping hours, they will be
     Winter clothing provided was thin, did
    punished sleep outside
    not keep the children warm

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