A DARK CHAPTER IN HISTORY
Long before Europeans settled Canada, First Nations people lived throughout the region. From Inuit in the Arctic regions to Mi’kmaq of the Atlantic provinces, hundreds of different groups were the original inhabitants of the area.
Unfortunately, many Europeans saw the native population as a problem to be solved. In the late 1800s, Canada’s neighbors to the south established residential schools for Native American children. Children were taken from their families and sent to live at these schools.
In 1879, Canada’s Prime Minister asked politician Nicholas Flood Davin to prepare a report on
