The heinous thing was we were punched on the head. We weren t punched anywhere else. And of course, that s because there would be no evidence for it.
The school was in operation from 1890 to 1969, when the federal government took over administration from the Catholic Church to operate it as a residence for a day school. It closed in 1978.
On Monday, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops expressed sorrow for the lives lost and pledged to continue walking side by side with Indigenous Peoples in the present, seeking greater healing and reconciliation for the future.
Jules said he wants an apology from the Catholic Church. Similarly, he said his community wants to see concrete solutions from elected officials.
The remains of 215 children have been discovered on the grounds of a former boarding school set up more than a century ago to assimilate Canada’s indigenous peoples, a local tribe said.
A specialist used ground-penetrating radar to confirm the remains of the students who attended the school near Kamloops, British Columbia, the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc tribe said in a statement late on Thursday.
“Some were as young as three years old,” Tk’emlups te Secwepemc Chief Rosanne Casimir said, calling it “an unthinkable loss that was spoken about but never documented” by school administrators.
Its preliminary findings are expected to be released in
Hundreds of pegs, each marking the possible site of a child s remains, were staked out on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops B.C., when Tk emlups te Secwepemc Chief Rosanne Casimir arrived at the site last weekend.