residential school" system was administered by the federal government. It was cultural genocide. Indigenous children were abducted and placed in "schools" to erase their cultural identity and language. The schools were administered by the churches. The children were routinely sexually abused. These schools operated until 1998.

Some attempts are now being made to identify unmarked graves on the school grounds.

Although Canada signed a UN declaration on genocide, "cultural genocide" is not included. Canada also initially opposed the UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

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