CA-K401Language & names
Archbishop Taché and French education in Manitoba
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Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Bishop and then Archbishop of St. Boniface from 1853 to 1894, was the foremost Catholic leader in the West and oversaw missions, day schools and residential schools that sought to convert and assimilate Indigenous Peoples. He helped secure Catholic and French education rights in the Manitoba Act of 1870 and fought in vain to restore them after they were eroded from 1890.
Scope & context
Taché’s role as recognized in the 2024 reviewed designation, not the Manitoba Schools Question in full.
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