A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
THUNDER BAY – In his speech at Vickers Park for Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Orange Shirt Day Walk and Gathering, NAN Deputy Grand Chief Mike Metatawabin informed the public the gathering was held Friday because of the federally instituted Truth and Reconciliation Day statutory holiday on Sept. 30. Sept. 27 was chosen by NAN’s because […]
Oglala Sioux Chief Charging Shield sat beside the bed of his daughter, Fannie, in the hospital at the Carlisle Industrial Indian School as she struggled with tuberculosis. Her initial improvement upon his arrival and the visits of students bringing flowers to her bedside had given him false hopes during the two-week vigil. Finally, however, the […]
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has committed that an NDP government would apologize and take ownership for the damage caused to First Nations and Métis people at the Île-à-la-Crosse and Timber Bay residential schools. “The lasting damage and trauma caused to First Nations and Métis people in Northern Saskatchewan at these residential schools is still […]
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 […]
