What Was the Original Stated Purpose of Residential Schools

question 17

Multiple Choice

What was the original stated purpose of residential schools?

• A) To promote and preserve Indigenous culture and heritage
• B) To provide Indigenous children with a more comfortable living space
• C) To ensure Indigenous children had acquired immunity to diseases
• D) To assimilate Indigenous children into the general population

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