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Students of St. Paul's Indian
Industrial School, Middlechurch, Manitoba
1901
Government-run industrial schools and government-supported
residential schools administered by the Roman Catholic,
Anglican, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches were
prominent fixtures in the lives of Indian children.
By removing the children from their homes, the schools
hoped to assimilate and integrate them into white "civilized"
society and provide them with a Canadian-style education.
This photograph is part of an album of photographs of
residential schools operating in Alberta, Saskatchewan,
and Manitoba during the early twentieth century. The
effect of the assimilation process is clearly evident
in the dress of the students.
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