A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
Just off the side of a long dirt road, Norma Kejick, the executive director of the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council (NNEC), tells me that construction along this path leading to Pelican Falls First Nations High School is happening in stages. The reason, she says, is that the Bikiiwewining Nindawaashishiiminaanak…
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has wrapped up her multi-day trip to Alaska which included participating in the process currently underway for survivors of federal Indian boarding schools to share their experiences. “Today in Anchorage, [Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Bryan Newland] and I listened to…
Recently a politician from a village in Prince Edward Island displayed an offensive sign on his property in which he proclaimed there is a “mass grave hoax” regarding the former Indian Residential Schools in Canada. Although many have called for him to resign, he is just one of many people who subscribe to this false theory…
On June 21, 2022, on National Indigenous Peoples Day, the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan and the Government of Saskatchewan dedicated the Saskatchewan Residential School Memorial on the grounds of Government House in Regina. The Residential School Memorial honours the survivors…
