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The federal government’s decision to impose a cap for residential school searches across the country has many angered and disappointed. Residential Schools were used to assimilate Indigenous Peoples into settler society, often run by the Catholic Church, with support from the federal government. Communities could previously receive $3 million per year through the Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support Fund, but now funding will be capped at $500,000 – a breakdown of $300,000 for fieldwork and $200,000 for research…