Victims and survivors of residential schools remembered at memorial service
Article content Dozens of people wearing orange gathered at Snye Park to remember victims and survivors of the residential school system on Wednesday. The ceremony was held nearly a week after the bodies of 215 children were found on the grounds of a Kamloops residential school. Nipi Iskwew was one of many speakers who shared her story of abuse and how the trauma of the residential schools have been passed down. Her father and grandmother were residential school survivors. She spoke about growing up in an abusive household because of her father’s unhealed trauma. We apologize, but this vide...
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