Canada's Aboriginal People

4. Cultural customs and ceremonies that the schools tried to eliminate.
6. Attendance at these schools was ______, meaning parents had no legal choice.
8. The "Sixties _____" involved the mass removal of children into foster care.
11. Small or large acts taken by students to keep their culture alive despite the rules.
13. A formal statement of regret issued by the government to the survivors.
14. The specific name for the government-funded boarding schools for Indigenous youth.
16. Trauma that is passed down from parents to children over many decades.
17. The "______ Institute" was the first residential school established in Canada.
18. The _______ and Reconciliation Commission was created to uncover the facts.
19. The ancestral history and language that students were forbidden from using.

1. Corruption or dishonesty; survivors fight to restore their personal and cultural ______.
2. These were often forcibly cut off students upon arrival to strip them of their identity.
3. The unfair and harmful treatment of children within the school system.
5. The feeling of being removed from one's home and not belonging anywhere.
7. The government's goal to force Indigenous people to adopt Western culture.
8. Instead of being called a victim, a person who lived through the system is a ______.
9. The difficult emotional process of recovering from school-related trauma.
10. The long-lasting historical "mark" or impact left behind by these institutions.
12. A school in Ontario often cited for the extreme abuse of its students.
15. Land where Indigenous families lived before children were taken to schools.