In the week since the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc announcement of preliminary findings that the historic remains of some 215 Indigenous child abductees have been located at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, that feeling has intensified. The ground has permanently shifted under all our feet, just as the perception of the grounds around that wretched “school” are going to be shifted for all time. This changes everything. Some Indigenous people may roll their eyes at this sentiment. They know how many times people have proclaimed that things are going to be different. It’s usually expressed in the context of confidence that some fresh new policy is going to improve Indigenous fortunes. Only to see inertia or other events drag many of them back to Earth.
Archbishop promises transparency, support after Kamloops school discovery
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Archbishop expresses deep sadness after remains of 215 children found in mass grave at school
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In Sitka, an impromptu memorial honors mass burial discovered at B.C. boarding school
Posted by Tash Kimmell, KCAW | Jun 1, 2021
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Last week (5-27-21) the remains of 215 children were found in a mass grave on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. Once the largest residential schools in Canada, the site was operated by the Catholic Church until 1969. For over a century the Canadian Government forced Indigenous children from their homes and into boarding schools. Many children went missing without explanation. After years of searching for answers, Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation reported that the burial sight had been discovered through the use of ground-penetrating radar.