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1870-1879

History and Geography of Residential Schools

Timeline: 1870 - 1879

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  • 1872

    1872: Homestead Act

  • 1873

    1873: NWMP (now RCMP) established

    1873: The North West Mounted Police (now the RCMP) are established to facilitate Government control of the West.

  • Sir John A. McDonald

    1876

    Indian Act makes all native people wards of the government

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  • 1876

    World's first long-distance phone call

    1876: The world's first long-distance phone call connects the Bell residence with a shoe and boot store in nearby Paris, Ontario.

  • 1876

    U.S. National Baseball League founded

  • 1879

    Macdonald's "National Policy"

  • 1879

    "Civilizing" the Indian population

    1879: The Nicholas Flood Davin Report, submitted to Sir John A. Macdonald, recommends industrial schools be established as the most effective means of "civilizing" the Indian population. Residential schools are already being operated by various missions.

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