Children’s shoes are pictured outside the Mohawk Institute, a residential school for indigenous children.Canada has reached an agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit, seeking compensation for the loss of language and culture brought on by Indian residential schools, for C$2.8 billion ($2.09 billion).The settlement builds on the 2021 Gottfriedson Day Scholars settlement, that provided individual compensation to day scholars who attended a residential school but did not reside at the institution.Canada will provide the settlement amount to a non-profit trust, independent of the government, as part of the class settlement.The organization charged with administering the trust will be governed by a permanent board consisting of nine indigenous directors, the government said in a statement.The terms of the settlement are yet to be approved by the Federal Court.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)Featured Video Of The Day2 Bodies Missing An Eye Each In Madhya Pradesh Hospital, Rats Are Suspects
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