Dates
The first residential school opened in this year
When is 1831?
Indigenous youth make up this percent of the foster care population
What is around 54%?
These were schools where Indigenous children were put after being taken from their homes.
What are residential schools
An act of acknowledgment for the land and history of the land
What is a land acknowledgment?
Ritual performed to call upon ancestors in a heated structure
What is a sweat lodge?
Approximate date of the first Europeans to arrive to Canada
When is 1000 a.d.?
The number of Indigenous kids who attended residential schools
What is 150,000?
This is the name given to the time when thousands of Indigenous kids were taken from their families and put with strangers
What was the Sixties Scoop
Who is Pope Francis?
Floating raft made of birch bark that Indigenous peoples of Canada used to travel and hunt on water
What is a canoe?
The last residential school closed
When is 1996?
The number of Residential schools total
What is over 130?
The effects of the cultural genocide being passed down to future Indigenous generations
What is inter-generational trauma?
Canadian Prime Minister who made an official apology seeking Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous communities and those impacted by the residential school system?
Who is Justin Trudeau?
Communal dwelling lodge, constructed of timber
What is a longhouse?
The year Indigenous/"status Indian" people were given the right to vote
When is 1960?
Current percent of water reserves that are currently at high rate for contamination
What is 73%?
Effects of residential schools on the survivors
Variety of answers
The amount of money residential school survivors were given for the first year of school
How much is 10,000$?
This province was one of 3 that did NOT have any residential schools built
What is New Brunswick?
The year the Catholic Church officially apologized for the cultural Genocide they led
When is 2022?
The amount of Indigenous youth separated from their family during the 60's scoop
What is 20,000?
The percent of Indigenous languages at risk of being completely lost due to the cultural genocide
How much is 75%
Actions FJR can take to aid in reconciliation
Variety of answers
The largest population of Indigenous people in Canada come from this tribe (provide rough number as well)
What is The Cree First Nation group? (120 000)