Walk aims to raise awareness for the suffering of residential school survivors

The sound of drums echoed through downtown Winnipeg Thursday at an event held to honour residential school survivors and bring attention to the ongoing suffering advocates say that system has caused to generations of Indigenous people. On Thursday, hundreds took to the streets of downtown Winnipeg for what was dubbed the Survivor’s Walk, and many […]

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Steinbach school apologizes for teacher’s use of ‘outdated’ residential school content

A southeastern Manitoba school division has apologized and blamed an outdated curriculum after students were asked earlier this year to list some of the positive effects of Canada’s residential school system. “We deeply regret the inadvertent use of outdated independent study content in a Grade 9 social studies class in one of our schools,” Hanover […]

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Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc to reflect on 3 years since ‘215’ findings

It’s been nearly three years since the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation shared the preliminary findings of a ground-penetrating radar survey on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School that the nation said indicated the remains of approximately 200 people could be buried on the site. To many, that day is…

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Alaska lawmakers support push to investigate, document forced assimilation in boarding schools

Alaska lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to support a federal proposal that would investigate and document the forced assimilation of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian children in government-funded boarding schools. House Joint Resolution 17 acknowledges the trauma Indian boarding schools inflicted on Indigenous communities in Alaska and across the country, said the bill’s sponsor, Rep. […]

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