‘We have hung our heads in shame’: An open letter to Senator Lynn Beyak Monday, March 20th, 2017 Residential school survivor Joe George, right, of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, and elder Marie George embrace during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission […]
National News | March 20, 2017 by Willow Fiddle Willow Fiddler APTN National News Senator Lynn Beyak says she will meet with leaders and residential school survivors this summer to discuss their “very real” concerns. Beyak was invited to meet with a Truth and […]
GLORIA GALLOWAY OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2017 8:19PM EDT The Liberal government has made a lot of promises on reconciliation between Canada’s Indigenous peoples and the rest of the country, but has a long way to go […]
Psychologist says childhood abuse and neglect ‘not only cost the individual, they cost society’ By Curtis Mandeville, CBC News Posted: Mar 14, 2017 6:00 AM CT Last Updated: Mar 14, 2017 6:00 AM CT Michael Abel says childhood abuse fuelled his anger and rage […]
In 1958 the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) created the Indian Adoption Project. Its clear goal was to take Native kids away from their biological parents. That’s according to Melissa Olson, a legal advocate for Native children. “This was not […]
For almost twenty years Ralph Rowe held a unique esteem in the isolated First Nation Reserves of Northern Ontario. As an Anglican minister and a Boy Scout leader, Rowe was revered and trusted by community elders and cultivated adoration from […]
Manitoba lawyer was disbarred after he took nearly $1 million from 55 survivors By Katie Nicholson, Katie Pedersen, CBC News Posted: Feb 17, 2017 Residential school survivor Cyril Desjarlais said he was happy to learn his lawyer, who was disbarred for overcharging his […]
Former Anglican minister Ralph Rowe was convicted of sexually abusing boys in northern Ontario during the 1970s and 80s. The Anglican Church has, until now, never issued a formal apology. (THE SURREY-NORTH DELTA LEADER) By TANYA TALAGAStaff Reporter Fri., Jan. 20, […]
Jean-Luc Vollant, a former officer with an indigenous police force near Sept-Îles, Que., was charged in November 2016 with rape and sexual assault in connection with incidents that allegedly occurred between 1980 and 1986. (FACEBOOK) Jean-Luc Vollant told Truth and Reconciliation […]
First Nations parents hid their children from clerics to avoid sending them to church-run schools By Josée Dupuis, CBC News Posted: Oct 27, 2016 5:15 AM ET Last Updated: Oct 27, 2016 1:48 PM ET Marie-Jeanne Papatie hid from clerics in her family basement […]
U.S. Indian Industrial School U.S. National Register of Historic Places Shop building, now operated as a museum Nearest city Genoa, Nebraska Coordinates 41°26′58″N97°43′27″W Area 470 acres (190 ha) Built 1884 NRHP Reference # 70000373[1] Added to NRHP October 15, 1970 The Indian Industrial School at Genoa, […]
APRIL 17, 2016 DAUN KAUFFMAN Hillary Clinton spoke briefly, about a week ago, on a wide range of educational topics with Newsday editors on Long Island. The detailed, public video and transcript are posted HERE. Clinton claimed to support “National Standards” in […]
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.
