Where are the Children?

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1910-1919

History and Geography of Residential Schools

• 1910

  Policy shifts from integration and assimilation to isolation and segregation of native people

• 1911

  Educational intent is to return students to reserves with basic skills

• 1911

  Focus changes from vocational/industrial training to practical rural tasks and skills

• 1911

  Some industrial schools close, but most become "Indian Residential Schools"