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Canada's Assimilation Policy "I want to get rid of the Indian problem. I do not think as a matter of fact, that the country ought to continuously protect a class of people who are able to stand alone... Our objective is to continue until there is not a single Indian in Canada that has not been absorbed into the body politic and there is no Indian question, and no Indian Department, that is the whole object of this Bill." Dr. Duncan Campbell Scott - 1920 Department of Indian Affairs 1913 - 1932

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Canada's Assimilation Policy "I want to get rid of the Indian problem. I do not think as a matter of fact, that the country ought to continuously protect a class of people who are able to stand alone... Our objective is to continue until there is not a single Indian in Canada that has not been absorbed into the body politic and there is no Indian question, and no Indian Department, that is the whole object of this Bill." Dr. Duncan Campbell Scott - 1920 Department of Indian Affairs 1913 - 1932
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LA Legault 🍉 (lalegault@newsie.social)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2024 08:29:34 JST LA Legault 🍉
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#TruthandReconciliation 2/
There has been a growing trend of Residential school denialism in Canada and make no mistake, this was our policy, this is our legacy, these are the harms that we have caused:

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