Apparently 1/3 of all the children were uprooted. Many went to schools in their own communities.

I don't think Beyak was cheerleading the system. what I do know is that whenever I speak to bring in another side to the story (eg the Montreal Massacre see my website) I am villified for taking the side of the killer - in their eyes that's how they see it.  If I remember, what I used to do was acknowledge the deaths of the 14 women whenever I raisied such a sensitive issue, which didn't make any difference at all because I was speaking with people who only saw one side to the issue and did not even want Marc Lepine's name mentioned, ever again. 

Yes,  I  agree that the harm done to the children in residential schools was abominable.  But I don't agree that that was the original, so malicious intent.  The intent was more than likely to help the kids adjust to a new civilization in Canada.  Others who helped Canada and its inhabitants were English kids sent over here as Bernardo children.