A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
In Canada, September 30 is dedicated to “truth and reconciliation” with Aboriginal communities. Recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this day, which has been a statutory holiday since 2021, “honors the children who were never returned home and Survivors of Residential Schools, as well as their families and communities,” it is explained on the […]
The revelation convulsed all of Canada. Ground-penetrating radar had found possible signs of 215 unmarked graves at a former residential school in British Columbia run by the Catholic Church that the government had once used to assimilate Indigenous children forcibly taken from their families. It was the first of some 80 former schools where indications […]
At least 973 Native American children died at U.S.-funded boarding schools they were forced to attend, according to a federal report released Tuesday after a years-long investigation. The report also identified 74 sites where children were buried on school grounds, including 16 in Oklahoma. Officials acknowledged the true death toll is likely higher than what […]
Some residential school survivors and families in the N.W.T. are criticizing a change to federal funding for searches of former residential school sites. The federal government is also facing backlash after it announced last week it would put a $500,000 annual cap on future searches. Previously, communities could get up to $3 million per year from the Residential Schools Missing Children […]
