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Historian Ian Mosby discovered that many people in these places were forced into “nutrition experiments” that deliberately malnourished participants. Two 19th-century reports by Charles Bagot and Nicholas Davin advocated for creating these places. Ryerson University was renamed (10[1])to one city’s (-5[1])“Metropolitan University” because of Egerton Ryerson’s role in establishing these places. (10[1])In 2022, Sarah Beaulieu (10[1])reported that the site of one of these specific places (10[1])in Kamloops (10[1])possibly contained up to 200 unmarked (10[1])graves. A 2015 report published by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada concluded that these institutions constituted cultural genocide. For 10 points, name these educational institutions that forcibly assimilated First Nations children in Canada. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Indian residential schools [or Indian boarding schools; accept “First Nations” or “Native American” or “Indigenous” or “Aboriginal” in place of “Indian”; prompt on Indian schools]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Patrick Rivas-GiorgiColumbia BPenn State A3610
Elizabeth JewlalJohns Hopkins BPenn A39-5
Will HollisterLehigh APrinceton A5010
David BassJohns Hopkins ARowan A5410
Arjun BothraHaverford ARutgers A6410
HazelBardRutgers C6610
Robert WangPenn State BColumbia A7210
Ivonne ZhouPenn AJohns Hopkins B10810