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File Hills Residential School
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Boarding school, File Hills, Saskatchewan.
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File Hills Residential School
Presbyterian missionaries established a boarding school in the File Hills of what is now Saskatchewan in 1889. Tuberculosis was a serious problem at the school. A 1907 study showed that of the thirty-one pupils who had been discharged from the File Hills school since it opened, fifteen had been dead at the time of their discharge. In 1942 fire completely destroyed two classrooms. They were not replaced until 1944. Parents lobbied the government to close the school and in 1948 a government inspection concluded the school should be demolished. It was closed in 1949.
*Description provided by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
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1889-1949
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Bews, Emilee. Curator, Koltutsky, Laura. Project Lead
Subject
Residential schools
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Indigenous Studies
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K-12 Curriculum
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Residential Schools
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