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TORONTO — Leaders of Indigenous groups in Canada say investigators have found more than 600 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children, which follows the discovery of 215 bodies at another school last month. The new discovery was at the Marieval Indian Residential School,
Trudeau: Canada is ashamed about schools for Indigenous kids
The Canadian Prime Minister s comments come one day after an Indigenous school was found with more than 600 unmarked graves was discovered. Author: ROB GILLIES Associated Press Published: 2:07 PM EDT June 25, 2021 Updated: 2:29 PM EDT June 25, 2021
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday Canadians are “horrified and ashamed” by their government s longtime policy of forcing Indigenous children to attend boarding schools institutions where hundreds of unmarked graves have now been found.
Indigenous leaders said this week that 600 or more remains were discovered at the Marieval Indian Residential School, which operated from 1899 to 1997 in the province of Saskatchewan. Last month, some 215 remains were reported at a similar school in British Columbia.
Justin Trudeau Says Pope Francis Should Apologize On Canadian Soil
The Canadian Prime Minister said the Pontiff needs to apologize for church-run boarding schools where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found.
Rob Gillies
TORONTO (AP) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he has urged Pope Francis to come to Canada to apologize for church-run boarding schools where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found, and he said Canadians are “horrified and ashamed” by their government’s longtime policy of forcing Indigenous children to attend such schools.
Indigenous leaders said this week that 600 or more remains were discovered at the Marieval Indian Residential School, which operated from 1899 to 1997 in the province of Saskatchewan. Last month, some 215 remains were reported at a similar school in British Columbia.
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June 26, 2021 10:44 IST
From the 19th century until the 1970s, more than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend state-funded Christian schools, most run by Roman Catholic missionary congregations, in a campaign to assimilate them into Canadian society.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits a memorial at the Eternal Flame on Parliament Hill in Ottawa that s in recognition of discovery of children s remains at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia.
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From the 19th century until the 1970s, more than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend state-funded Christian schools, most run by Roman Catholic missionary congregations, in a campaign to assimilate them into Canadian society.