Tag: residential schools
Radar search finds more than 2,000 anomalies at Saskatchewan residential school site
A child’s jawbone fragment was also found. But more work is needed…
Burial sites found at 53 Native American boarding schools, U.S. government says
A U.S. government investigation into the dark history of Native American boarding…
102 died at Native American board school in Nebraska
GENOA, Neb. (AP) — Researchers say they have uncovered the names of…
Williams Lake mayor criticized for sharing ‘other side of the story’ on residential schools – Williams Lake Tribune
Williams Lake First Nation requests formal response by Nov. 1 Source: Williams…
Beaten for speaking Blackfoot at residential school, this Siksika woman now teaches it in the same building | CBC Radio
Vivian Ayoungman was forced to attend Old Sun Indian Residential School in the 1950s, where she was beaten for speaking her own language. Decades later, the building has been repurposed as a community college to preserve Siksika language and culture.
Source: Beaten for speaking Blackfoot at residential school, this Siksika woman now teaches it in the same building | CBC Radio
Catholic Church apologises for century of abuses in Canada’s residential schools
The Catholic Church apologized “unequivocally” on Friday to Canada’s indigenous peoples for…
Bodies of Paiute children believed to be buried at site of former Utah Indigenous boarding school
The bodies of several Paiute children are likely buried below the summer…
Indigenous Americans call for justice over residential schools
The schools aimed to aggressively assimilate children to non-native culture. Source: Indigenous…
Their children vanished at an Indigenous boarding school. This tribe is bringing them home after 140 years – CNN
Rose Long Face was 18 years old when she was taken to…
UN calls for investigations after mass graves discovered at former residential schools
On 27 May, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation in Kamloops, B.C.,…
‘They need to be charged’: Federal minister on residential school perpetrators
Canada’s minister of northern affairs says the religious leaders who operated the…
