suffering maltreatment in childhood leads to a heightened number of hospitalizations, drug abuse, depression, anxiety and weaker overall health later in life. Equally, family separation in childhood has been proven to be a significant reason for depression. Indigenous people in Canada -Health Issues. The Varsity. (2021, March 1). https://thevarsity.ca/2019/09/15/why-do-canadas-indigenous-people-face-worse-health-outcomes-than-non-indigenous-people/.

Indigenous children were forced to confine to religion instead of education.

Residential schools gave Indigenous students inadequate and inappropriate education, giving out lower grades, that concentrated mainly on prayer and manual labour in farming, woodworking, and basic chores such as laundry, cleaning and sewing. Indigenous children were not provided the same education as the public schools. The harsh conditions they had to face daily involved sexual and physical abuse, malnourishment, neglect, and unlivable sleeping conditions, it often resulted in the death of these children.