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Administrative Structure and Funding
- When
- 1883–1914
- Where
- Battleford, Northwest Territories
The school was run by the Anglican Church but funded by the Department of Indian Affairs.
Senior officials of the Department of Indian Affairs arranged for religious denominations to administer schools. Battleford was run by the Anglican Church with government funding. This structure reflected the cooperative approach recommended by the Davin Report for implementing assimilation policies.
Sources
- Battleford Industrial School Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06
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