Decades after my grandmother’s residential school abuse, I wear my ribbon skirt with pride
I needed to feel my mother’s presence after possible gravesites were found at her residential school
Alberta government will require annual ‘free speech reporting’ from post-secondary schools

Residential school survivors still waiting for next steps a year after papal visit

Elders, Residential School

When Piita Irniq picked up his handmade wooden drum to perform for Pope Francis last year in Iqaluit, he was reclaiming an Inuit tradition that the Roman Catholic Church tried to erase through its residential schools. “I wanted him to know that this is what you cut off as part of colonialism,” Irniq said…

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Revered Elder passes away in Sault Ste. Marie

Elders, Residential School

Friends and family are mourning the loss of a prominent First Nation man and revered Elder from Sault Ste. Marie who survived Canada’s residential school system and became an instrumental part of getting a federal government apology. Arnold Michael ‘Mike’ Frederick Cachagee, 83, passed away peacefully Saturday at Sault Area Hospital…

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