Fear your God, 1970
Fear your God, 1970 Seen here are indigenous children in Canada. They're forced to pray to God (Christian) in a government facility that acted as a boarding house. The location of this is unknown though it has been established that it took place in Canada. There schools and systems were in place in order to covert native/Indian children into a whitewashed lifestyle. More than 130 compulsory boarding schools funded by the Canadian government and run by religious authorities during the 19th and 20th Centuries. Between 1863 and 1998, more than 150,000 indigenous children were taken from their families and placed in these schools throughout Canada. It is estimated that 6,000 children died in these facilities due to poorly built dorm houses, poor heating, abuses at the hands of staff, and lack of general hygiene. Many stereotypes played into these systems, such as native peoples being less intelligent or incompetent at normal tasks in comparison to white people. These children ar...