Indian Residential Schools

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Indian_Residential_Schools
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf system of boarding schools
gptkbp:apologyBy gptkb:Government_of_Canada
June 11, 2008
gptkbp:commemoratedBy September 30
gptkbp:commemorates gptkb:National_Day_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation
gptkbp:endDate 1996
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Indian Residential Schools
gptkbp:knownFor cultural genocide
abuse and neglect
gptkbp:lastSchoolClosed gptkb:Gordon_Indian_Residential_School
gptkbp:legacy intergenerational trauma
gptkbp:location across Canada
gptkbp:numberOfChildrenAttended over 150,000
gptkbp:numberOfSchools over 130
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Government_of_India
Christian churches
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:purpose assimilation of Indigenous children
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Cree
Indigenous people
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_Calls_to_Action
gptkb:Sixties_Scoop
Day Schools
gptkbp:startDate 1830s
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_of_Canada
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sixties_Scoop
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6