Yep. Discipline in schools was much different a century ago regardless of race. To claim RS were 'death camps' because they used the same corporal punishment in the early 1900s that all schools used or because student were not immune to the plagues that equally killed non-attending aboriginals is dishonest and hateful. The latter RS were much improved and were comparable to boarding schools that JC attended. That's why tribes resisted their closure.
I think RS were a bad idea, but most students did not have a bad experience. The obsession over RS is not justified. From the National Post:
“Between 2009 and 2011, many students have come forward to express their gratitude to former teachers at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission events,” read the commission’s final report. “Their testimony is a reminder that not all Residential School experiences are identical.”
Today this would be considered sexual abuse: https://youtu.be/GYIUqHpu-q0?t=2749
Yep. Discipline in schools was much different a century ago regardless of race. To claim RS were 'death camps' because they used the same corporal punishment in the early 1900s that all schools used or because student were not immune to the plagues that equally killed non-attending aboriginals is dishonest and hateful. The latter RS were much improved and were comparable to boarding schools that JC attended. That's why tribes resisted their closure.
I think RS were a bad idea, but most students did not have a bad experience. The obsession over RS is not justified. From the National Post: