N.W.T. community built memorial to name its residential school victims. It was just a start
In the early 1990s, Albert Lafferty led a push to ensure the old burial ground near the former residential school in Fort Providence, N.W.T., would never be developed. For some, the work done to find out who was buried there brings a degree of closure.
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For some, work done to find out who was buried near residential school brings a degree of closure
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Posted: Jul 04, 2021 2:00 AM CT | Last Updated: July 4
A monument in Fort Providence, N.W.T., memorializes around 300 people buried in unmarked graves, including 161 children who were brought to a residential school in the community from up and down the Mackenzie River Valley.(Kate Kyle/CBC)
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The Dene Nation is also seeking action from the church. The dark chapter of residential schools in Canada will never be history until the searches are complete, said the Dene Nation. The Church and Canada must still be held accountable. The Churches and the Pope must acknowledge their role and apologize to our children s families and communities. The Pope must commit the Churches to work with Canada and Indigenous governments to identify every child.
But, the Dene Nation said, violence is not the way to deal with injustice. Every child deserves to rest in peace and for our families and communities to have closure.
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Kel-C Jules, an Indigenous artist, teacher and model in Kamloops, poses for a photograph, Thursday, July 1, 2021. She teamed up with the owners at Overtime Apparel and Promotions to sell orange T-shirts to raise money for the Indian Residential School Survivors Society.
(SHANNON AINSLIE / iNFOnews.ca) July 02, 2021 - 8:00 PM Kamloops artist Kel-C Jules has teamed up with the owners of Overtime Apparel and Promotions to sell orange shirts as a fundraiser for the Indian Residential School Survivors Society. The group set up under a canopy tent on the Tk’emlups First Nation early yesterday morning, July 1, and were sold out of the shirts by noon. Jules started the fundraiser one week ago, and has raised $10,000, all of which will be sent to the survivors society head office in North Vancouver.
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