--- title: "Indian Residential Schools: A Collection of Articles" description: A bone deep understanding of residential schools and the ongoing impacts will support reconciliation. image: https://www.ictinc.ca/hubfs/Blog/shutterstock_2065669019_KamloopsResidentialSchool-2000w.jpg --- 1 min read # Indian Residential Schools: A Collection of Articles [ Bob Joseph ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/author/bob-joseph) June 01, 2015 [Residential Schools](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/topic/residential-schools) ![Indian Residential Schools: A Collection of Articles](https://www.ictinc.ca/hubfs/Blog/shutterstock_2065669019_KamloopsResidentialSchool-2000w.jpg) On this blog, we have written a number of articles on residential schools, and the impacts and outcomes of those schools on First Nations individuals, families and communities. In honour and support of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s closing events May 31 – June 3, 2015, we have compiled a few of those articles that cover the schools and reconciliation. Indian residential schools were designed to “take the Indian out of the child”. Over 150,000 children were taken from their families and placed in these schools. It is estimated over 6,000 died while attending the schools. This is a very significant and dark aspect of Canada’s history yet so many non-First Nation Canadians remain unaware of this national tragedy. Residential schools are not ancient history – the last one closed in 1996. NOTE: In 2019, former students of Kivalliq Hall in Rankin Inlet in what is now known as Nunavut won a court battle to have Kivalliq Hall included as an IRSSA-Recognized School. While this 2015 article states that the last residential school in Canada to close was in 1996, the fact that Kivalliq Hall was the [last residential school to close in 1997](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-significance-of-irssa-recognized-schools-in-indigenous-relations) is an important detail to note when recounting and learning about Indigenous history. It is not until every Canadian gains a deep understanding of the ongoing impacts of the residential school system that we will cease to hear “Why don’t they just get over it”. Reconciliation is not tangible and it doesn’t have an end date – it is a force that everyone needs to get behind and support. 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Witness](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/shelagh-rogers-journey-head-heart-honorary-witness-trc) - [Reading for Reconciliation: 6 Books on Residential Schools](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/reading-for-reconciliation-6-books-on-residential-schools) - [10 Books About Residential Schools for Young People](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/10-books-about-indian-residential-schools-for-young-people) *Featured photo: Shutterstock*   [![New Call-to-action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/374848/7dd86515-7b17-4d2b-ab08-b07dc9e42f59.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/374848/7dd86515-7b17-4d2b-ab08-b07dc9e42f59) ###### Share: [** ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ictinc.ca%2Fblog%2Findian-residential-schools-a-collection-of-articles) [** ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ictinc.ca%2Fblog%2Findian-residential-schools-a-collection-of-articles&title=Indian+Residential+Schools%3A+A+Collection+of+Articles&summary==+A+bone+deep+understanding+of+residential+schools+and+the+ongoing+impacts+will+support+reconciliation.+) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 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