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Alberta government will require annual ‘free speech reporting’ from post-secondary schools

Sen. Murkowski, Native communities react to Catholic Church’s apology for involvement in Indian boarding schools

Government Statements, Residential School, Unmarked Graves

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently issued a formal apology to Indigenous people for the church’s involvement with Indian boarding schools and the trauma inflicted. According to the Associated Press, a “first-of-its-kind federal study” of Native American boarding schools identified more than 500 student deaths at the institutions but expected to grow as research continues. […]

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How Kenneth Moore became the 1st Indigenous person in Canada to win Olympic gold

Resilience

His two older brothers were sent to residential school — one died in the care of Brandon Residential School and the other became sick at the residential school and died in a sanatorium. “Our family decided to leave the First Nation in order to be able to basically save my grandfather,” said Moore Rattray.  The […]

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Government takes over residential schools from churches in 1969

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Warning: This video contains distressing details. Sweeping changes are on the way in 1969 as church authorities relinquish control of the residential schools they’ve run for decades, reports Craig Oliver. Aired May 1, 1969 on CBC News. About 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Métis children were forced to attend the government-funded residential schools from the […]

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Residential school deniers show us colonialism is still rampant

Denialism, IRS Legacy Issues, Residential School

When more than 200 unmarked graves were discovered at Kamloops Residential School in 2021, a movement to uncover the extent of residential school graves gained traction. As evidence pointed to the existence of thousands of unmarked graves, a disturbing number of residential school deniers came out of the woodwork and into the public eye — so much so that if you search “residential […]

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