 During the period in which the schools operated, more than a third of indigenous children attended federal day schools, and about a third received no schooling at all.It is however the residential school system that receives much of the blame for the various problems and challenges facing Canada's indigenous people today.During the years in which the residential schools operated, they were regarded by most Canadians as a sensible and beneficial solution to native education, and in some cases, Aboriginal communities specifically requested that a residential school be built.