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Timeline: 1990 - 1999
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1990
1980s - 1990s: Final 12 Residential Schools Are Closed
1980s - 1990s: About a dozen band-run residential schools remain, with one school operated by the Government at band request. Gradually only a few remain. The last Government-run school closes in 1996, and the last band-run school in 1998.
1990
1986 - 1994: Churches issue apologies
1986 - 1994: Churches issue apologies for their role in residential schools: - United Church (1986) - RC Oblates of Mary Immaculate (1991) - Anglican Church (1993) - Presbyterian Church (1994).
1991
Phil Fontaine speaks of abuse he suffered
1991
Cariboo Tribal Council publishes "Impact of the Residential School"
1991
Germany unified
1991
Nelson Mandela freed
1993
Study reports on effects of residential schools
1992-1993: A research study is conducted in British Columbia to examine the effects of residential schools. A range of physical, sexual and psychological abuses is identified.
1995
School supervisor sentenced to 11 years for indecent assault
1995: Arthur Henry Plint, former supervisor of the Alberta Indian residential school (1948-1953 and 1963-1968) pleads guilty to 16 counts of indecent assault and is sentenced to 11 years in prison.
1995
Unarmed protestor Dudley George killed by police sniper
September 6, 1995: Dudley George is fatally wounded by a police sniper when the Ontario Provincial Police attack a small group of unarmed protestors occupying Ipperwash Provincial Park.