RCMP

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What do we remember about intergenerational trauma?

​Intergenerational Trauma

• ​The passing down of psychological and emotional pain from one generation to the next within families or communities

• It occurs when an individual who has experienced trauma, such as was oppression, or violence, pass on the effects of the effects of that trauma to their children and grandchildren, impacting their mental, emotional, and even physical well being

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What are residential schools? What was the purpose of them?

​What is the RCMP?

• Founded in 1873 as North-West Mounted Police

• Became Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1904​

• Stands for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

• National police force of Canada

• Enforce federal laws across Canada

• Iconic red uniforms

• Maintain peace and order, investigate crimes, protect national security

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After reading the article, answer the following questions:

1. 1. What was found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School?

1. 2. Describe in detail how the RCMP contributed to residential schools historically

2. 3. What do the TRC reports say about deaths at residential schools?

3. 4. Based on what you know, what do you think the relationship between Indigenous communities and the RCMP is like?