
The Indian Act and the Indian Residential Schools
About This Chapter
In the previous chapters, we learned about the ideas that Europeans falsely employed to categorize the Indigenous Peoples of North America. This chapter examines how these views were put into action after Confederation in 1867.
Guiding Questions
- What were the assumptions behind the Indian Act?
- What were the goals of the Indian Residential Schools?
- What can the goals of the residential schools tell us about the European views of indigenous cultures? What consequence did those views have for Indigenous Peoples?
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