Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School

Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School, later known as Portage Indian Student Residence, was a Canadian Indian residential school and later an Indian student residence/hostel located in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The school started in 1888 and was closed in 1975. The school is an Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) recognized school. It was declared a National Historic Site of Canada in September 2020. Since August 14, 1981 the former residential school building and the surrounding land has been under the ownership of the Long Plain First Nation, becoming the Long Plain Indian Reserve No. 6 in 1982. The building was renamed the Rufus Prince Building in honour of Rufus Prince, a survivor of the residential school. It currently operates as a historical site in the Keeshkeemaquah village, with the building being used as a resource centre by the Long Plain First Nation and the first floor holding the National Indigenous Residential School Museum of Canada.

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