Gathering in Toppenish honors children who died at Kamloops Indian school
Gathering in Toppenish honors children who died at Kamloops Indian school By Tammy Ayer, Yakima Herald-Republic Published: June 3, 2021, 8:15am Share: YAKIMA — As a student at Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia, Allen Retasket Sr. was a skinny little kid who wasn’t strong enough to carry a bench he was told to move. He dropped it and the sound echoed through the room. The punishment was severe, the Wenatchee man said Wednesday during a gathering on the west lawn of Legends Casino Hotel. “When I was in second grade, I was beaten into submissio...
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