And today, you know, we have to learn to decolonize. There was intent the schools were there with the intent to change people, to make them like others and to make them not fit. The whole part of the residential school was a part of a bigger scheme of colonization. In 1892 the government sanctioned the churches to run the schools. The first residential school, the Mohawk Institute, opened in Canada in 1831, but most were established after 1880. The system included industrial schools, day schools, and residential schools. The Indian Residential School (IRS) system was established by the Canadian government to forcibly remove Indigenous children from their communities and families for the purpose of assimilating them to mainstream culture and Eurocentric beliefs and values. Department of Indian Affairs Annual Report for the year ended 30th June 1896. Thomas Moore, after tuition at the Regina Industrial School. 1 Indian Residential School System Introduction to the Indian Residential School System Thomas Moore, as he appeared when admitted to the Regina Industrial School.
