Inside Canada's residential school system

Boys pray on bunk beds in a dormitory at the Bishop Horden Memorial School, a residential school in the indigemore

A nurse checks a girl's throat while other children wait in line, at the Frobish Bay Federal Hostel in Iqaluitmore

Girls sit on beds in a dormitory at the Shingwauk Indian Residential School in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario in 196more

A group of female students and a nun pose in a classroom at Cross Lake Indian Residential School in Cross Lakemore

Girls attend a first communion ceremony at the Spanish Indian Residential School in Spanish, Ontario, Canada imore

Boys play table hockey at the Shingwauk Indian Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, circa 1960s. more

Girls pose during a pageant at the Spanish Indian Residential School in Spanish, Ontario in 1954. Shingwaukmore

Students sit in a classroom at All Saints Residential School in Lac la Ronge, Saskatchewan, Canada circa 1950.more

Boys play the Crokinole board game at the Shingwauk Indian Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, cimore

A teacher reads to students at a residential school in Aklavik, Northwest Territories, circa 1950. Shingwaukmore

Children attending the Shingwauk Indian Residential School eat supper during outdoor activities in Sault Ste. more

Students sit in a classroom at St Joseph's Convent, otherwise known as the Fort Resolution Indian Residential more

Students in costumes attend a pageant at the Spanish Indian Residential School in Spanish, Ontario in 1954. more

Sisters from the Soeurs du Sacre-Coeur d'Ottawa pose with students at the Pukatawagan Residential School, in Pmore

Boys receive haircuts at the Shingwauk Indian Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada circa 19more

Students pose in front of the Chooutla Indian Residential School, a residential school in the Carcross/Tagish more

Students attending the Shingwauk Indian Residential School use handmade bows in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in 1more

Children hold letters that spell "Goodbye" at Fort Simpson Indian Residential School, in Fort Simpson, Northwemore

Shinwauk Guides form a circle during the visit of the commissioner to the Shingwauk Indian Residential School more

Students taking part in a first communion ceremony pose at the Spanish Indian Residential School in Spanish, Omore

Boys pose on a field at the Shingwauk Indian Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, circa 1960s. Shimore

Senior girl students pose outside the Shingwauk Indian Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, circa more

Senior girl students sit on swings behind the Shingwauk Indian Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontariomore

Boys stack wood at the Bishop Horden Memorial School, a residential school in the indigenous Cree community ofmore

A group of children arrive from Rupert House/Waskaganish at the Bishop Horden Memorial School, a residential smore

The Kuper Island Indian Residential School on Penelakut Island, British Columbia, circa 1941. Canada. Dept.more

Students pose at All Saints Indian Residential School in Aklavik, Northwest Territories, circa 1940. Shingwaumore

A boy attending the Shingwauk Indian Residential School poses in his best Sunday outfit in Sault Ste. Marie, Omore

A group of students take part in sewing class at St Joseph's Convent, otherwise known as the Fort Resolution Imore

Children play on swings at the Bishop Horden Memorial School, a residential school in the indigenous Cree commmore

The junior girls pose before bedtime at the Bishop Horden Memorial School, a residential school in the indigenmore

Girls work in the kitchen at the Bishop Horden Memorial School, a residential school in the indigenous Cree comore

Students seated at their desks in a classroom at the  Eskimo Point Federal Hostel in Arviat, Nunavut, in an unmore

Girls pose at the Bishop Horden Memorial School, a residential school in the indigenous Cree community of Moosmore

Students attending the Metlakatla Indian Residential School pose in Metlakatla, British Columbia, in an undatemore

Girls play hopscotch outside the Bishop Horden Memorial School, a residential school in the indigenous Cree comore

Female students pose for a class portrait at St. Anthony's Indian Residential School in Onion Lake, Saskatchewmore

Students assemble in formal attire outside the Fort Resolution Indian Residential School in Fort Resolution, Nmore