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Traditional carving representing Indian Residential School survivors makes stop in Regina

Residential School, Resilience

A monument representing a dark chapter of Canada’s history is making a stop in Regina. The monument is a traditional carving, standing 18-feet tall and weighing over 7,000 pounds. It is meant to represent the thousands of children who went through the Indian Residential School System…

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Indigenous people are still here and we aren’t going anywhere

Residential School, Resilience

I’m a third-generation Indian residential school survivor. My grandmother attended from 1925 to 1935; my mother from 1954 to 1964; and myself for one year (1973). We all attended the St. Joseph Indian Residential School, aka The Mission, near Williams Lake…

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