print email comment close Backgrounder: Indian Residential Schools URL: http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/nwz/2008/20080425a_is-eng.asp Description: Information from the Canadian government about the government-supported residential school system that "grew out of Canada's missionary experience with various religious organizations," and which ceased operation completely in the mid-1990s. Discusses the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, which supports people "affected by the legacy of physical and sexual abuse in the residential school system." In English and French. From Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Publisher: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Extra Keywords Native Canadians First Nations Inuit Metis Library of Congress Subject Headings: Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation Indigenous peoples -- Canada Off-reservation boarding schools LII Database Information: Record 19858 created by Jennifer English on 11/28/2005 Last modification on 06/29/2009 Published: 12/01/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19858