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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. (-5[1])Ryerson University was renamed to one city’s “Metropolitan University” (10[1])because of Egerton Ryerson’s role in establishing these places. In 2022, Sarah Beaulieu reported that the site of one of these specific places in Kamloops possibly (10[1])contained up to 200 unmarked graves. (10[4])A 2015 report published by the Truth (10[1])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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Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (D2)NYU AVassar A32-5
Uday Bhardwaj (D2)McGill ETexas B4110
Arthur Zhang (D2)NYU BMissouri6710
Jackson Hopper (UG)Mississippi StateTexas A7310
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Parker Knudson (D2)Texas COregon State7310
Dylan Dexter (D2)Ole MissTexas D7310
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