Kuper Island Residential School: (1889 -1975) - Penelakut Island, British Columbia

This is a video for “The Kuper Island Indian Residential School“, which was locateed on Penelakut (Kuper) Island, in British Columbia, Camada. The school children were mostly from the Cowicahn and other Coast Salish Peoples (1889 -1975). There are also videos in this channel for many North & South American Tribes & First Nations, Residential Schools, Chiefs, Elders, Historical Events, Indigenous Concerns, Quotes, Environmental Youth Activists.. and much more. ------------------------------------------------ “The Kuper Island Indian Residential School’, (: “Kuper Island Indian Industrial School“), was part of the Canadian Indian residential school system. Located on Kuper Island (now known as: Penelakut Island), near Chemainus, British Columbia, the school opened in 1889 and closed in 1975. The school was operated by the Roman Catholic Church, with funding from the Department of Indian Affairs. Attendance was “mandatory“, for children from the t