“Residential school”
The first residential school opened in 1828 and the last one closed in 1997. Residential schools were government sponsored religious schools established to assimilate indigenous children into Canadian culture.
An estimated 150,000 first nation, Inuit and Metis children were taken from their families and forced to attend residential schools for over 100 years , children were forbidden to speak their native language or practise their traditional faiths. At least 3,200 died from disease and nourishment, but many believe that number is closer to 6,000. The last residential school closed inn1996. The truth and reconciliation commission concluded in 2015.
“LANDYN TONEY”
The 12-year old boy “landyn toney” journey of awareness and it’s a long one. The boy along a nova Scotia highway, he walk across province .he walking 200 kilometers over six days toward his first nation community who were taken from theirs. Landyn toney said, that it was frustrating and it was sad at the same time, emotional for a lot of people because the survivors they had to go through all that and they had to see their brothers and sisters die in front of them.
The boy said, that I’m not the type of person that wants to just let my anger go. I wanted to show my anger by doing something good with it.
He raised more than 15 thousand dollars. He said that he going to try to donate the money to different schools to make good classes and stuff so they can teach more about the residential school.
Eduindex News 
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