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This paper argues that residential schools in Canada have eradicated the possibility of education for Native children. It further states that the schools also destroyed Native language and culture among the children. Various scholars are cited who reinforce this outlook. The paper concludes by stating that that the founders of the schools were completely conscious of the impacts that would result.

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"Residential schools, instead of carrying out the usual function of schools, eradicated the possibility of education for Native children. The schools also destroyed Native language and culture among the children. Chrisjohn and Young (2006) call the residential schools a malignancy and view the education within them as a political weapon of oppression. They also hold that the founders of the schools were completely conscious of the impacts that would result. The purpose of the residential schools clearly was to destroy all that was Indian in the individual. A very..."

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