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As white settlers made their way through North America, claiming the land as their own and forcibly moving Indigenous tribes out of their way, they also provided a place for children. In the name of Manifest Destiny, the white settlers set up residential schools for native children. Here, children were taken from their tribes and placed in Christian schools to learn the way of Catholicism, forcing them to assimilate. While American history classes have stated that this occurred during the time of exploration and colonialism, the schools have remained open for a century. In Canada, the first residential school that forced Indigenous children into these segregated institutions opened in 1894…