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By Gwenlaouen Le Gouil

“I was strongly recommended, as head of this department, to save the most Indian children possible from parental influence, and the only way to do it was to send them to schools, in which they could acquire the customs and mentality of white men.”“The boarding schools marked my soul. I feel a great deal of anger and shame too. What we endured is not normal. You don't get over that. I'll die with it.

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