Tragic discovery of the remains of 215 children discovered under the earth in B.C.
28 mei 2021
They went missing and many at the school thought they had run away.
But that wasn’t the case.
The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed in 1978, according to the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation, which said the remains were found with the help of a ground penetrating radar specialist.
Canada’s residential school system forcibly separated indigenous children from their families, and constituted a “cultural genocide.”
The report documented horrific physical abuse, rape, malnutrition and other atrocities suffered by many of the 150,000 children who attended the schools, typically run by Christian churches on behalf of Ottawa from the 1840s to the 1990s.
More than 4,000 children died while attending residential school. The deaths of the 215 children buried in the grounds of what was once Canada’s largest residential school are believed to not have been included in that figure and appear to have been undocumented until the discovery. (REUTERS)
We take a look back at a conversation with Elder Barney Williams and Shirley Williams who both survived residential schools on opposite ends of the country. They sit down with Lorna Dueck and Justice Murray Sinclair, head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, to recount the trauma of being taken away from their families in their formative years.
The purpose of the residential schools were to separate children from their families, to remove the cultural impact. As a result, both Shirley and Barney say they were made to feel ashamed of their culture and identity. Like so many Indigenous people, this trauma is passed down through generations.
Support is available for anyone who needs it following these latest reports.
A national Indian Residential School Crisis Line provides emotional and crisis referral services. They are available 24-hours at 1-866-925-4419.
And the Indian Residential School Survivors Society can be contacted toll-free at 1-800-721-0066.
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The key points of the First Nations Residential Schools in Canada are as follows:
Establishment: The First Nations Residential Schools were established in the late 19th century and operated into the late 20th century, with the last school closing in 1996. These schools were primarily run by Christian churches in partnership with the Canadian government, and were funded by the federal government.
Forced Removal of Indigenous Children: Indigenous children from First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities were forcibly removed from their families and communities and sent to residential schools. This policy of forced removal was part of the Canadian government’s attempt to assimilate Indigenous peoples into Euro-Canadian culture and suppress their language, culture, and spirituality.
Cultural Genocide: Indigenous children in residential schools were subjected to cultural genocide, as they were forcibly stripped of their language, culture, and traditional practices. They were forbidden from speaking their native languages, practicing their spiritual beliefs, or engaging in traditional cultural activities, resulting in the loss of language, culture, and intergenerational trauma.
Abuse and Neglect: Many Indigenous children in residential schools experienced physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, as well as neglect. There were numerous reports of physical punishment, sexual abuse, malnutrition, and inadequate healthcare in these schools, resulting in significant trauma and impacts on the mental, emotional, and physical health of the survivors.
High Mortality Rates: Many Indigenous children died while attending residential schools due to disease outbreaks, inadequate healthcare, and unsanitary living conditions. The mortality rates in these schools were often much higher than those in the general Canadian population, and the bodies of many children who died were never returned to their families, leading to the discovery of unmarked burial sites in recent years.
Intergenerational Impacts: The legacy of the residential schools continues to affect Indigenous communities in Canada today. The trauma, loss of language and culture, and other impacts have been passed down through generations, resulting in ongoing challenges such as mental health issues, substance abuse, poverty, and cultural dislocation.
Truth and Reconciliation: The Canadian government established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in 2008 to investigate and document the history and legacy of the residential schools. The TRC held hearings across the country, heard testimony from thousands of survivors and their families, and released its final report in 2015, which included 94 recommendations for reconciliation.
Calls to Action: The TRC’s final report included 94 Calls to Action, which provide a roadmap for addressing the legacy of residential schools and achieving reconciliation. These Calls to Action include measures such as implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, addressing the health and welfare of Indigenous children, supporting language and culture revitalization efforts, and addressing the over-representation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system, among others.
Apologies and Reparations: The Canadian government and various Christian churches have issued apologies for the role they played in the establishment and operation of the residential schools. Some churches have also provided financial reparations to survivors and their families as part of the reconciliation process.
Importance of Indigenous Perspectives: The First Nations Residential Schools have brought to light the importance of listening to and centering Indigenous perspectives and knowledge in addressing the impacts of colonialism, promoting healing, and achieving meaningful reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada.
1 Saskatchewan residential school survivor recalls burying student, in wake of unmarked graves find
25 jun. 2021
Saskatchewan’s Cowessess First Nation says an estimated 751 unmarked graves have been found at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School, which operated from 1899 to 1997.
The discovery was made using the same ground-penetrating radar technology that found 215 remains in a mass burial site at a former B.C. residential school in May.
Ryan Kessler spoke to a survivor from the Marieval school, who remembers burying a young student.
As Eric Sorensen explains, Canada had about 140 residential schools in its system, and while the latest discovery is horrific, Indigenous communities say it’s far from surprising.
Anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of their residential school experience can access this 24-hour, toll-free and confidential National Indian Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419.
2 New Heritage Minute explores dark history of residential schools
22 jun. 2016
3 Heritage Minutes: Chanie Wenjack
21 jun. 2016
4 Inside The Mohawk Institute Residential School
30 sep. 2020
5 Survivor Geronimo Henry recalls his experience at the Mohawk Institute Residential School
30 sep. 2020
6 From residential school to one of Manitoba’s 1st Indigenous nurses
20 mrt. 2018
7 Remains of 215 children found at Indigenous school site in Canada
29 mei 2021
8 Calls grow from Canada’s residential school survivors to find more lost children across the country
1 jun. 2021
All over Canada, many people are still coming to grips with the dark discovery of the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children discovered at an old residential school in Kamloops, B.C.
But many more Indigenous children across the country lost their lives in Canada’s cruel residential school system. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has identified about 3,200 children who died in the system, but the actual number could be as high as 6,000.
As Heather Yourex-West reports, survivors and Indigenous leaders say it’s time to try harder to find all the lost children who suffered at these institutions and in the years since.
Anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of their residential school experience can access this 24-hour, toll-free and confidential National Indian Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419.
9 Residential school survivor crisis line flooded with calls since Kamloops findings
2 jun. 2021
Bruce Allan, a resolution health support worker at the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society and himself a residential school survivor,says the discovery of remains at the former Kamloops residential school has been triggering for many Indigenous people.
Support is available for anyone affected by their experience at residential schools, and those who are triggered by the latest reports.
A national Indian Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support for former students and those affected. People can access emotional and crisis referral services by calling the 24-hour national crisis line: 1-866-925-4419.
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10 Residential school survivor talks about the electric chair at St. Anne’s school
11 Pope Francis’ residential school apology refusal explained
28 mrt. 2018
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12 Cardinal says PM’s calls for church to release residential school documents ‘uninformed’
6 jun. 2021
13 Government believes there are documents within the Catholic Church: Bennett
6 jun. 2021
14 Pope calls for reconciliation, healing over Kamloops residential school discovery
15 Priest says he wants Pope Francis to apologize for residential schools
5 jun. 2021
16 Canadian cardinal downplays need for papal apology over residential schools
10 jun. 2021
So we ask: The Catholic Church: Power and abuse of power?
17 St Anne’s Residential School video
4 apr. 2016
18 Residential school survivor on waiting for reconciliation
1 apr. 2018
19 Death at Residential Schools
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20 Cowessess First Nation chief on ‘heartbreaking’ discovery of unmarked graves
26 jun. 2021
21 Trudeau says more help coming for residential school survivors
1 jun. 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says more support for survivors of residential schools are coming following the heartbreaking report of the discovery of children’s remains in Kamloops, B.C.
Support is available for anyone affected by their experience at residential schools, and those who are triggered by the latest reports.
A national Indian Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support for former students and those affected. People can access emotional and crisis referral services by calling the 24-hour national crisis line: 1-866-925-4419.
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For more than 75 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.
1 mrt. 2018
23The Canadian Residential School Documentary
24 Canada’s Cultural Genocide
25 Canada’s cultural genocide of Indigenous Peoples
21 mrt. 2018
26 Kukpi7 Chief Rosanne Casimir talks about the findings at the Kamloops residential school | APTN News
2 jun. 2021
The school, operated by the Roman Catholic church between 1890 to 1969 when it was handed over to the federal government. It was the largest residential system in the country with as many as 500 students at one time. According to Kukpi7 Chief Rosanne Casimir, whose mother and grandmother attended the school, there is more work to be done.
She talks with APTN’s Tina House about the discovery and where the community is going to go from here. “We are the responsible caretakers here,” she says. “These children are our responsibility.” • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way.
27 Remains of 215 children reportedly found on grounds of B.C. residential school
29 mei 2021
A National Indian Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support for former students and those affected. Access emotional and crisis referral services by calling the 24-hour national crisis line: 1-866 925-4419.
Within B.C., the KUU-US Crisis Line Society provides a First Nations and Indigenous-specific crisis line available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It’s toll-free and can be reached at 1-800-588-8717 or online at kuu-uscrisisline.com.
28 APTN National News June 1, 2021 – Residential school students show support, MMIWG action plan
2 jun. 2021
29 APTN National News June 8, 2021 – How Kamloops news affects survivors, Chantel Moore latest
9 jun. 2021
30 Canadian Residential School
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Canadian Indian Residential School System, children were taken from their families at young ages, and painfully wronged.
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31 First Nations leaders call for federal government to examine residential school sites
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32 Vigils held across the country to remember the children of Kamloops residential school | APTN News
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34 St Mary’s Documentary
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35 The Wellbriety Journey to Forgiveness
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36 Unseen Tears The Native American Boarding (Residential) School Experience in Western New York Part 3
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37 Indian Residential Schools Student Documentary
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38- 4.6 Elder memories of Indian Residential School
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39 – In 1967, 10 Indigenous athletes ran the Pan Am Games torch 800 km to Winnipeg | Run As One
6 feb. 2018
In 1967, 10 Indigenous men ran the Pan Am torch from Minneapolis to the opening ceremonies in Winnipeg. When they arrived, the torch was taken away and handed to a white athlete. This is their story. #CBCShortDocs
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In 1967, Winnipeg hosted the fifth Pan American Games. 10 young Indigenous athletes from First Nations across Manitoba were selected to run the Pan Am torch from Minneapolis to Winnipeg — an 800 km, once-in-a-lifetime journey.
But just before the athletes arrived at the opening ceremonies, the torch was taken from them. It was handed to a non-Indigenous athlete, who carried the torch into the stadium.
The runners were sent to a diner across the street, where they watched the opening ceremonies on TV.
50 years later, the runners reunite at the same Winnipeg restaurant to share their memories, and to discuss the injustice and disappointment they faced at the end of their journey.
40 Momentum’s Statement on Kamloops Residential School Discovery
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41 Experiences in Residential School
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42 Cardinal Thomas Collins Comments on Residential Schools
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43 Murray Sinclair: Importance of Truth and Reconciliation
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44 Truth and Reconciliation, Kamloops
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45 Canadians have a responsibility to face the dark past of residential schools “head on”: BC Premier
1 jun. 2021
Canadians have a responsibility to face the dark past of residential schools “head on”: BC Premier
British Columbia Premier John Horgan addressed the B.C. Legislature on Monday, after the discovery of the remains of 215 children in a mass grave on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, calling it “unimaginable.”
The premier said that Canadians have a responsibility to face “head on” the terrible legacy of residential schools in Canada and the treatment of Indigenous peoples, and said that for legislators, acting on the Truth and Reconciliation commission’s calls to action is the “least that we can do.”
The B.C. Opposition House Leader Peter Milobar also addressed the legislature, saying he was left “speechless” by the discovery at the Kamloops residential school, adding we must “reaffirm our steadfast commitment to meaningful reconciliation.”
The House also heard from Green Party Leader Adam Olsen, who called out Horgan for referring to the Kamloops discovery as “unimaginable” and said that for Indigenous people “it is not shocking, nor is it unimaginable.”
46 Indigenous chief to Trudeau: Turn over residential school records
16 jul. 2021
46 What will a US investigation into Native American boarding schools uncover? | The Stream
Beginning in the 19th century, the US government funded a system of boarding schools where hundreds of thousands of Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families, taught to shun their cultural heritage and assimilate to white Christian customs. Also known as “Indian residential schools”, the system included at least 367 institutions run by various US church groups from 1819 until the end of the 1960s. According to former attendees, children were poorly cared for and many endured physical abuse, sexual abuse and forced labour.
Now the US Department of the Interior wants an investigation with a focus on finding records of children who died while they attended the schools and locating unmarked graves. The investigation’s announcement followed recent discoveries of nearly 1,000 secret graves at three former schools for Indigenous children in Canada.
A modern and comprehensive study of boarding schools and their forced assimilation policies has never been done by the US government, and much of its history – including the official number of schools and its attendees – is still not known. Advocates of boarding school survivors say the institutions have been a major source of intergenerational trauma felt in Native American communities to this day.
In this episode of The Stream, we’ll discuss the legacy of Native American boarding schools and what a federal investigation of its abuses will mean to Native communities.
What will a US investigation into Native American boarding schools uncover? | The Stream – Blog
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47 These Boys Went Through Hell: The Dozier School of Horrors
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48 Dozier School for Boys, Part 1: “The White House Boys” | AWARE | WSRE
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49 Dozier School for Boys, Part 2: “The Community Speaks Out” | AWARE | WSRE
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50 Reckoning at St.Anne’s | APTN Investigates
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51 Wawahte: Stories of Residential School Survivors – FULL DOCUMENTARY
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52 Former residential school child-care workers say they wish the school had never existed
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53 The Canadian Residential School Documentary
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54 We Know the Truth: Stories to inspire reconciliation
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