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Author of the article: Mary Katherine Keown
Publishing date: Jun 01, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 5 minute read • Children s shoes and stuffed toys have been placed at the site of a memorial at the N Swakamok Native Friendship Centre in Sudbury on June 1 to commemorate the 215 children whose remains were found at a former residential school in Kamloops, BC. Photo by John Lappa /THE SUDBURY STAR
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At three years old, a little life was snuffed out, forgotten and anonymous, remembered only by parents, grandparents, family and community. This child had a life to live, dreams to realize, heartbreak to overcome and hopefully incredible love to experience.
Indigenous leaders and experts in British Columbia are calling for the protection of sites of former residential schools, warning that the bodies of 215 children found in Kamloops, B.C., likely represent just a small portion of the thousands more who died while the schools were in operation.