Posted on May 29, 2021
Canada mourns as remains of 215 children found at indigenous school
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A mass grave containing the remains of 215 children has been found in Canada at a former residential school set up to assimilate indigenous people.
The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed in 1978.
The discovery was announced on Thursday by the chief of the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it was a "painful reminder" of a "shameful chapter of our country's history".
The First Nation is working with museum specialists and the coroner's office to establish the causes and timings of the deaths, which are not currently known.
Rosanne Casimir, the chief of the community in British Columbia's city of Kamloops, said the preliminary finding represented an unthinkable loss that was never documented by the school's administrators.
Canada's residential schools were compulsory boarding schools run by the government and religious authorities during the 19th and 20th Centuries with the aim of forcibly assimilating indigenous youth.
The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed in 1978.
The discovery was announced on Thursday by the chief of the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it was a "painful reminder" of a "shameful chapter of our country's history".
The First Nation is working with museum specialists and the coroner's office to establish the causes and timings of the deaths, which are not currently known.
Rosanne Casimir, the chief of the community in British Columbia's city of Kamloops, said the preliminary finding represented an unthinkable loss that was never documented by the school's administrators.
Canada's residential schools were compulsory boarding schools run by the government and religious authorities during the 19th and 20th Centuries with the aim of forcibly assimilating indigenous youth.
Canada mourns as remains of 215 children found at indigenous school
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Yes, the Canadian Genocide. Their version of White Supremacy. This is what Trump and his far right nut cases would do here if we hadn't stopped them.
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Horrible story. I didn't realize you had posted it so I put up the summary. Thanks PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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We're learning about far too many of these religious schools that worked to erase Native American culture from the face of the Earth, and in the process erase Native Americans with it. These religious organizations and the governments that tolerated, if not encouraged it should have to atone in some meaningful way by contributing to the preservation of Native American cultures. It's a problem the Canadian and U.S. courts should address.
In a similar vein, it was the Catholic Church in Ireland that involuntarily separated thousands of newborn infants from their unwed mothers. And the Irish government allowed that to happen. Those responsible should be held accountable.
In a similar vein, it was the Catholic Church in Ireland that involuntarily separated thousands of newborn infants from their unwed mothers. And the Irish government allowed that to happen. Those responsible should be held accountable.
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