What a Creep: Canada’s Residential Schools Season 14, Episode 1 The systematic cultural genocide of indigenous people of North America  From 1831 – 1998 North America put seven generations of indigenous people (primarily children) into residential schools to take the culture of First Nation and turn it into a Christian/European society. The Catholic Church was often involved, but the Canadian Government ran some. Over 150,000 children were forcibly taken from their families and sent to overcrowded schools that cut their hair off, changed their names, made them convert to Christianity, exposed them to violence. They were forbidden from speaking in their native language, and died were not reported to authorities. (It's estimated about 25% died from everything from illness to malnutrition.) Last year in May 2021, more than 1300 unmarked graves were found at four different former residential schools, which caused the nation to finally come to terms with a national stain that has never really been rectified. This episode has trigger warnings: child abuse, sexual assault, racism, and cultural genocide. Take care of yourselves while listening. Sources: Canadian Residential School WIKI The Guardian Newspaper (Map of Schools) NPR New York Times Indigenous Foundations The Economist Scientific American Al Jazeera Carlisle Indian School Project The Sleeping Giant Awakens by David B MacDonald Intimate Integration: The History of the Sixties Scoop by Allyson D. Stevenson Canada's Dark Secret Documentary Gord  Downie's The Secret Path The Fifth Estate: The Truth About St. Anne's Home From School (PBS Documentary) VOX CBC Stolen Children Be sure to follow us on social media. But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Twitter: https://twitter.com/CreepPod @CreepPod Facebook: Join the private group!  Instagram @WhatACreepPodcast Visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep Email: WhatACreepPodcast@gmail.com  We’ve got merch here! https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/# Our website is www.whatacreeppodcast.com  Our logo was created by Claudia Gomez-Rodriguez. Follow her on Instagram @ClaudInCloud