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The Spanish schools comprised of St. Peter Claver (1913 – 1957), St. Joseph’s (1913 – 1962), andGarnier High School (1947 – 1957). The Spanish schools were first established in 1862 at Wikwemikong.The boys and girls schools moved near Spanish in 1913, and the High school was established in 1947. Foradministrative purposes, all three schools were considered to be one school operating as the SpanishIndian Residential School. They were the only schools that were operated by the Jesuits, while Daughtersof the Heart of Mary operated the girl’s school, St. Joseph’s. The schools located in Spanish were thelargest Residential schools in operation in Ontario.The St John’s Indian Residential School (1907 – 1948) was located north of the town of Chapleau. Anumber of fires plagued the school over the years and it was finally closed in 1948. Students weretransferred to other schools run by the Anglican Church, many ended up at Shingwauk. St. John’s andShingwauk were both operated by the Missionary Society of the Church of EnglandIn 1969, the Government of Canada ended its partnership with the churches in the management ofresidential schools and adopted a policy aimed at dismantling the system. The Federal Governmentassumed full responsibility and control of the remaining 52 residential schools of 7,704 students. By the mid 1970's, mostresidential schools closed with only 7 remaining opened through the 1980's. In the 1980's, Residential school studentsstarted to disclose sexual, emotional and physical abuse that occurred at residential schools. The last federally-runresidential school, Gordon Residential School in Saskatchewan, closed in 1996.More information can be found at http://www.shingwauk.auc.ca/welcome_index.htmlEducating Our Educators – Educating Our Aboriginal StudentsRevised March 201138