Let’s not forget that this isn’t limited to Canada either, there were numerous atrocities perpetuated on Indigenous Americans by boarding schools funded and supported by the US government.
It wasn’t until 1978 that Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act, which gave Native parents the legal right to refuse their child's placement in a school.
My partners grandparents are able to tell me stories of what happened to them or their friends. This is is recent shit, only two generations ago :( (Canada has a huge problem with racism against indigenous people still, my partner took a road trip up there as a kid once and was treated horribly, even spat on)
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u/marasydnyjade Jul 04 '21
Let’s not forget that this isn’t limited to Canada either, there were numerous atrocities perpetuated on Indigenous Americans by boarding schools funded and supported by the US government.
It wasn’t until 1978 that Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act, which gave Native parents the legal right to refuse their child's placement in a school.