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CA-K344Indigenous peoples & reconciliation

The former Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School

The school building at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, around 1914–1915 (Library and Archives Canada).
The school building at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, around 1914–1915 (Library and Archives Canada). Indian Residential School, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1914−1915 Pensionnat indien, Portage la Prairie (Manitoba), vers 1914-1915 (13998648628) · BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY 2.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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At the Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School in Manitoba, built in 1914–1915 and open until 1975, Indigenous children endured abuse, severe discipline, punishment for speaking their languages and isolation from their families. Operated by the Presbyterian and United Churches for the federal government, it was part of a policy the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called cultural genocide; Long Plain First Nation took ownership in 1981 and has made it a place of commemoration and resilience.

Scope & context

The school site as recognized in its designation, not the residential school system as a whole (see CA-K029).

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