... . The schools were spread out across Canada but were mostly focused in on Western Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba). Originally, Ottawa's objective was the assimilation of the Indian peoples into Canadian society. The irony of this statement is that the government, founded by European descendants, wanted to assimilate the Aboriginals, the original first people in Canada, into ... are of European and other descent. What this means, is that there are a large number of classifications that define Aboriginal Peoples and it causes another divide amongst Aboriginals themselves. The Const...

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