For the First Nations, the 1920's did not roar. Near the 1920's the Canadian government startedto take actions towards "improving" The lives of the natives. They felt that by changing the natives' culture and lifestyles to be more like the typical Christian Canadian, all their problems would be solved. This was called assimilation. To assimilate the natives, they opened residential schools. Many schools were also run at churches.
The Canadian Government also built residential schools far from the children's homes to further set them apart from their culture. In 1920, it was mandatory that all native children were to go to residential schools. Many residential school children hated the schools, they were abused, both sexually and physically, some children even died. At the schools, the children often had to do house work and labour to decrease costs.
As the years passed, students at the residential schools fell further and further from their First Nations culture.
When the students graduated, they could become enfranchised. This meant that they gained rights that non-residential school graduates did not have, such as citizenship and voting. The condition to enfranchisement was that the students’ Indian Status would be taken away from them. Also in 1920, a change was made to the Indian act, which made it so that graduated did not have a choice if they wanted to be enfranchised or not.
As the years passed, students at the residential schools fell further and further from their First Nations culture.
When the students graduated, they could become enfranchised. This meant that they gained rights that non-residential school graduates did not have, such as citizenship and voting. The condition to enfranchisement was that the students’ Indian Status would be taken away from them. Also in 1920, a change was made to the Indian act, which made it so that graduated did not have a choice if they wanted to be enfranchised or not.