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Spazito

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2. That's a good point....

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #1)

Wed May 11, 2022, 05:01 PM

May 2022

neither residential school nor boarding school describes the horrors that occurred within this system. I think prison is probably the most appropriate for many of the institutions as the children were not allowed to leave for the most part.

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Study sheds light on dark history of U.S. Indigenous residential schools [View all] Spazito May 2022 OP

I think it's because people are much more Phoenix61 May 2022 #1

That's a good point.... Spazito May 2022 #2

Another shameful part of US history that will be banned from school curriculums. sop May 2022 #3