Original sentence: First Nations people.In 1857, the Gradual Civilization Act was passed by the federal government with the aim of assimilating.In 1920, attendance became compulsory by law for all children aged 7-15.It was also openly acknowledged that the schools were an attempt by government and church churches to assimilate the Aboriginals into the European-Canadian culture, and it was at least partially successful in many cases.Most students had no contact with their families for up to 10 months at a time due to the distance between their home communities and schools.Often, they did not have contact with their families for years at a time.School books and textbooks, if they were present at all, were drawn mainly from the curricula of the provincially funded public schools for non-Aboriginal students, and teachers at the residential schools were notoriously under-trained.Students were required to stay in residences on school premises, which were often walled or fortified in some manner, and were often forcibly removed from their homes, parents, and communities.Students were subject to often unreasonably severe corporal punishment for speaking Aboriginal languages or practising non-Christian faiths.The federal government noticed that the Protestant efforts complemented their aim for assimilation, and began to fund the schools
Edited sentence: First Nations peoples.In 1857, the Gradual Civilization Act was passed by the federal government with the aim of total cultural genocide of.In 1920, attendance became compulsory by law for all children aged 5-17.It has been cristisized as a form of aparthied.It was also openly acknowledged that the schools were an attempt by government and church churches to commit cultural genocide against First Nations, and it was at least partially successful in many cases.Most students had no contact with their families for the duration of thier incareration.School books and textbooks, if they were present at all, were drawn mainly from the curricula of the provincially funded public schools for non-Aboriginal students, and teachers at the residential schools were notoriously under-trained and underscsreened.Students were forced to stay in residences on school premises, which were often walled or fortified in some manner, and were often Stolen from their homes, parents, and communities.Students were subject to unspeakbly severe corporal punishment for speaking Aboriginal languages or practising non-Christian faiths.The federal government noticed that the Protestant efforts complemented their aim for cultural genocide, and began to fund the schools