Bennett made comments in question period after coming under fire from NDP MP Charlie Angus The Canadian Press Posted: Feb 03, 2016 6:23 PM Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Carolyn Bennett answers a question during Question Period in the House […]
June McCallum-Gareau says when she sits down to make traditional art it’s therapeutic. The residential school survivor and cancer survivor is showcasing her first exhibit of birch bark biting and caribou tufting at the Grace Campbell Gallery in Prince Albert, […]
The federal government used a technical argument to disqualify an estimated 1,000 claims for compensation made by indigenous Canadians who were abused at Indian residential schools listed in the agreement negotiated to award them for their suffering. It is a […]
WINNIPEG — Indigenous leaders are speaking out against a new, private Jesuit school set to open in September in Winnipeg’s north end, saying it is too reminiscent of a residential school. Gonzaga Middle School aims to support academically gifted students with longer […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau deserves full marks for his reaction to the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on residential schools. Indigenous Canadians can now hope that the new federal government will show them genuine respect. The […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will seek a formal apology from Pope Francis for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in residential schools, a day after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission made public its final report into the legacy of the schools. The commission, in its […]
(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde, along with AFN Nova Scotia/Newfoundland Regional Chief Morley Googoo and AFN Québec/Labrador Regional Chief Ghislain Picard, participated today in the release of the final report of the Truth […]
Just as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to reset Canada’s relationship with indigenous communities, McGill-Queen’s University Press has announced they are publishing a six-volume edition of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report in both French and English. The Truth and […]
For 120 years, the Canadian government operated a network of Indian Residential Schools that were meant to assimilate young indigenous students into western Canadian culture. Indian agents would take children from their homes as young as two or three and […]
Was there smoke? One man asks why he didn’t know about residential schools ‘As I read the TRC report it is like a curtain being lifted,’ says non-indigenous Winnipegger About halfway through reading the Truth and Reconciliation report, I was […]
November 17, 2015 4:35 P.M. Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs Today, David Zimmer, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, issued the following statement on the loss of Mushkegowuk Elder Marguerite Wabano: “On behalf of the government of Ontario, I would like to extend […]
MONTANA MOSAIC: INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS, directed by Gita Saedi Kiely “Kill the Indian, save the man.” This motto — put forward by Captain H. Pratt in the 1880’s — sums up the American government’s Native American “assimilation” strategy in the […]
(Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. Photo courtesy of Roy Grogan)APTN National News Canada committed “cultural genocide” against Indigenous peoples through policies like Indian residential schools which were created to wipe out the languages and cultures of pre-existing nations, said […]
ADRIAN MORROW The Globe and Mail Published Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015 9:12PM EST When people would ask Marguerite Wabano for the secret of her longevity, the oldest survivor of Canada’s residential school system would tell them it was forgiveness. Known as […]
CBC chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge talks with Justice Murray Sinclair, who heads the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. »»» Subscribe to The National to watch more videos here: https://www.youtube.com/user/CBCTheNa… Voice Your Opinion & Connect With Us Online: The National Updates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thenational […]
Many children sent to residential schools never came home: killed by disease, accidents, fires and others hurt by physical and sexual abuse. In many cases, poor living conditions, inadequate food and government indifference or hostility worsened these problems for the […]
Residential School Magazine. Dealing with all aspects of the residential school experience. Featuring stories from survivors, interviews with prominent First Nations and Native American people, and inspirational essays and narratives. Its general tone is to uplift, aid, and inform readers who have been affected by the residential school system.
