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January 23, 2023

Canada to Pay $3 Billion to Settle Lawsuit over Residential School Abuses
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Canada has agreed to pay nearly $3 billion as part of a class-action
lawsuit for the cultural genocide of Indigenous communities in the
Canadian government-funded residential school system. Around 150,000
children from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities were forced to
leave their families for the boarding schools from the 19th century
until the 1970s. Physical, emotional and sexual abuse were rife at the
schools, and children were deprived of their Native languages and
culture. If the settlement is approved, the funds will go toward
supporting Indigenous communities over the next 20 years.


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