Canada's Aboriginal People

3. – Definition: The government's goal to force Indigenous people to adopt Western culture.
4. – Definition: The specific name for the government-funded boarding schools for Indigenous youth.
7. – Definition: The unfair and harmful treatment of children within the school system.
9. – Definition: Attendance at these schools was ______, meaning parents had no legal choice.
11. INSTITUTE – Definition: The "______ Institute" was the first residential school established in Canada.
12. – Fill-in-the-blank: The "Sixties _____" involved the mass removal of children into foster care.
13. – Definition: The ancestral history and language that students were forbidden from using.
15. – Definition: The long-lasting historical "mark" or impact left behind by these institutions.
17. – Definition: Trauma that is passed down from parents to children over many decades.
18. – Opposite: Instead of being called a victim, a person who lived through the system is a ______.

1. – Definition: These were often forcibly cut off students upon arrival to strip them of their identity.
2. – Definition: Land where Indigenous families lived before children were taken to schools.
5. – Opposite: Corruption or dishonesty; survivors fight to restore their personal and cultural ______.
6. – Definition: The feeling of being removed from one's home and not belonging anywhere.
8. – Definition: Cultural customs and ceremonies that the schools tried to eliminate.
9. – Definition: A notorious school in Ontario often cited for the extreme abuse of its students.
10. – Definition: Small or large acts taken by students to keep their culture alive despite the rules.
13. – Definition: The difficult emotional process of recovering from school-related trauma.
14. – Fill-in-the-blank: The _______ and Reconciliation Commission was created to uncover the facts.
16. – Definition: A formal statement of regret issued by the government to the survivors.