Remains of 215 children found at Indigenous school site in Canada
3 years, 6 months ago

Remains of 215 children found at Indigenous school site in Canada

Al Jazeera  

The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children, a discovery Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described as heartbreaking on Friday. The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed in 1978, according to the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation, which said the remains were found with the help of a ground-penetrating radar specialist. “At this time, we have more questions than answers.” Canada’s residential school system, which forcibly separated Indigenous children from their families, constituted “cultural genocide”, a six-year investigation into the now-defunct system found in 2015. The news that remains were found at the former Kamloops residential school breaks my heart – it is a painful reminder of that dark and shameful chapter of our country’s history.

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Indigenous Community Calls for Independent Commission to Probe Missing Children's Deaths
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Indigenous Community Calls for Independent Commission to Probe Missing Children's Deaths

Firstpost  

Canada's special interlocutor Kimberly Murray has suggested the establishment of an independent commission to investigate the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous children from residential schools. The commission will be tasked with gathering evidence, interviewing survivors, and making recommendations for accountability and healing.

Justin Trudeau administration spends $8 million to search for bodies over viral 'mass graves' story, finds nothing
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Justin Trudeau administration spends $8 million to search for bodies over viral 'mass graves' story, finds nothing

Op India  

Canada squandered approximately $8 million in an endeavour to uncover the purported “heartbreaking truth” behind the mass graves or unmarked graves at the Indian Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia. The controversy erupted in 2021 when the First Nation announced the discovery of 215 children’s graves on the school premises, sparking widespread international condemnation of Canada and its residential school …

Canada's unmarked graves: How residential schools carried out "cultural genocide" against indigenous children
1 year, 10 months ago

Canada's unmarked graves: How residential schools carried out "cultural genocide" against indigenous children

CBS News  

The dark legacy of Canada's residential schools, where thousands of children died | 60 Minutes In May 2021, when archeologists detected what they believed to be 200 unmarked graves at an old school in Canada, it brought new attention to one of the most shameful chapters of that nation's history. Chief Wilton Littlechild: To save money Archeologists detected what they …

‘Genocide in Canada’: Country to pay $2 billion to abuse survivors from indigenous communities
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Genocide in Canada’: Country to pay $2 billion to abuse survivors from indigenous communities

Firstpost  

Ottawa: The Canadian government has decided to pay more than $2 billion in compensation to indigenous communities for withstanding nearly a century of abuse suffered mainly by children. Canada’s history with indigenous communities In 2021, archaeologists unearthed over 200 unmarked graves at an old school in Canada which shed light on the country’s past of oppressing indigenous communities. Bigger role …

‘Walking to justice’: Canada’s residential school survivors
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Walking to justice’: Canada’s residential school survivors

Al Jazeera  

Reporter Brandi Morin accompanied Indigenous survivors of Canada’s church-run residential schools as they went to the Vatican in search of an apology. Canada’s Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-866-925-4419. I was with a delegation of First Nation, Metis and Inuit leaders and survivors of Canada’s church and state-run residential schools …

Trudeau visiting Indigenous community that found unmarked graves
2 years, 8 months ago

Trudeau visiting Indigenous community that found unmarked graves

Al Jazeera  

Canadian PM’s visit to Williams Lake First Nation comes amid push for justice for residential school abuses. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting Williams Lake First Nation, an Indigenous community on the country’s west coast that recently uncovered dozens of potential unmarked graves on the grounds of a former “residential school”. “We’re thankful that the Prime Minister is making …

Canada: 169 potential graves found at former residential school
2 years, 9 months ago

Canada: 169 potential graves found at former residential school

Al Jazeera  

First Nation community in Canadian province of Alberta says search uncovered 169 ‘anomalies’ associated with graves. Kapawe’no First Nation, about 370km north of Edmonton, Alberta, said on Tuesday that it found “169 anomalies … associated with graves” in a search of the grounds of the former Grouard Mission residential school. Willie Sellars, the chief of Williams Lake First Nation, said …

Canada: Indigenous leaders to meet pope in Rome at end of March
2 years, 10 months ago

Canada: Indigenous leaders to meet pope in Rome at end of March

Al Jazeera  

The visit comes after unmarked graves were uncovered at ‘residential schools’, many of which were run by the Catholic Church. Indigenous leaders will be travelling from Canada to the Vatican at the end of March to meet with the pope to discuss the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the Canadian “residential schools” system following multiple discoveries of unmarked graves at …

Canada: Indigenous community finds 93 potential unmarked graves
2 years, 11 months ago

Canada: Indigenous community finds 93 potential unmarked graves

Al Jazeera  

Williams Lake First Nation unveils findings of preliminary search at former ‘residential school’ known for abuse. Williams Lake First Nation announced on Monday that preliminary results of the first phase of a geophysical search at St Joseph Mission Residential School uncovered 93 “reflections” – believed to be unmarked gravesites. Williams Lake First Nation launched its investigation into St Joseph Mission …

Canada’s ‘crying shame’: The fields full of children’s bones
3 years, 1 month ago

Canada’s ‘crying shame’: The fields full of children’s bones

Al Jazeera  

Indigenous survivors of Canada’s residential schools tell the stories of those who never made it out. “We were never believed … Now, I think Canadian society is heartbroken that all these atrocities happened on their behalf.” Marieval was one of 139 Indian Residential Schools attended by an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis children in Canada. Soon, more reports …

Trudeau visits Indigenous community reeling from unmarked graves
3 years, 2 months ago

Trudeau visits Indigenous community reeling from unmarked graves

Al Jazeera  

Canadian prime minister’s visit comes after he ignored previous invitation on Truth and Reconciliation Day. Seated beside Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation Chief Rosanne Casimir on Monday, Trudeau said he wanted to “work together” with Indigenous communities on addressing historical wrongs. “An apology recognising the harms that were caused is the first step … but it’s not just about words, …

Canada pledges millions to search for residential school graves
3 years, 4 months ago

Canada pledges millions to search for residential school graves

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of unmarked graves have been discovered at institutions Indigenous children were forced to attend for decades. Canada has promised tens of millions of dollars to help Indigenous communities in their search for unmarked graves linked to the government’s decades-long residential school system, which a commission of inquiry said in 2015 amounted to “cultural genocide”. “So today, we are announcing …

Canada: Protesters demand investigation into residential schools
3 years, 4 months ago

Canada: Protesters demand investigation into residential schools

Al Jazeera  

Call comes after more than 1,000 unmarked graves found at institutions Indigenous children were forced to attend. Hundreds of people took part in a rally in the Canadian capital on Saturday to demand an independent investigation into the “residential schools” that Indigenous children were forced to attend for nearly a century and where hundreds of unmarked graves have been discovered …

Canada: Another 160 unmarked graves found near defunct missionary school site in British Columbia
3 years, 5 months ago

Canada: Another 160 unmarked graves found near defunct missionary school site in British Columbia

Op India  

On Monday, the Penelakut tribe informed that it has discovered 160 unmarked graves in the Southern Gulf Islands in the British Columbia province of Canada. This is a fresh addition in the recent series of discoveries of unmarked graves and mass burial sites near former residential missionary schools. “We are inviting you to join us in our work to raise …

Indigenous chief to Trudeau: Turn over residential school records
3 years, 5 months ago

Indigenous chief to Trudeau: Turn over residential school records

Al Jazeera  

Experts say the 200 likely graves at Kamloops Indian Residential School are only the beginning. Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation Chief Rosanne Casimir on Thursday called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Mission Oblates of Mary Immaculate to open their student attendance records “immediately and fully” so her community can identify the hundreds of children buried on the grounds …

Canada PM: ‘Heart breaks’ with more Indigenous graves found
3 years, 5 months ago

Canada PM: ‘Heart breaks’ with more Indigenous graves found

Associated Press  

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his “heart breaks” after the discovery of more unmarked graves on the grounds of an Indigenous residential school in the southern Gulf Islands off the British Columbia coast. The Penelakut Tribe says more than 160 undocumented and unmarked graves have been found on the site of the former Kuper Island …

More unmarked residential school graves discovered in Canada
3 years, 5 months ago

More unmarked residential school graves discovered in Canada

Al Jazeera  

Penelakut Tribe in British Columbia says it found more than 160 unmarked graves in latest such discovery since May. More than 160 “undocumented and unmarked graves” have been discovered at the site of a former residential school on Canada’s west coast, an Indigenous community has announced, as the number of graves linked to the forced-assimilation institutions continues to rise. The …

Explained | What’s the history behind the remains of children found at former residential school sites in Canada?
3 years, 5 months ago

Explained | What’s the history behind the remains of children found at former residential school sites in Canada?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In late June, Cowessess First Nation, an indigenous organisation, found the remains of 751 people, mainly indigenous children, at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan province in Canada. Indigenous groups have uncovered two more sites at former residential schools in recent months, both in British Columbia, taking the number of unregistered graves found …

Can families of Canada’s missing Indigenous children get justice?
3 years, 5 months ago

Can families of Canada’s missing Indigenous children get justice?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, July 7 at 19:30GMT: The recent discoveries of more than 1,000 graves at the sites of three former residential schools in Canada have shone a light on a dark spot in Canada’s past and once again opened old wounds. Between 1831 and 1996 more than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend boarding schools in an effort to …

Cultural genocide: On discovery of hundreds of graves in Canada
3 years, 5 months ago

Cultural genocide: On discovery of hundreds of graves in Canada

The Hindu  

The recent discovery of hundreds of graves in Canada has put the spotlight back on its dark past, when indigenous people faced systemic discrimination and violence. In June, the Cowessess First Nation, an indigenous organisation, found 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan. In 1883, Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, defended …

Canada’s residential school graves: How to hold settler states accountable for cultural genocide | In Focus Podcast
3 years, 5 months ago

Canada’s residential school graves: How to hold settler states accountable for cultural genocide | In Focus Podcast

The Hindu  

In recent weeks, Canada has been rocked by the discovery of a large number of unmarked graves of indigenous children. In the last week of May, the remains of 215 children were found on the grounds of a former residential school in British Columbia. And last week, another 751 unmarked graves were found at the site of a similar residential …

Unmarked graves in Canada: The 'cultural genocide' committed by Christian residential school system
3 years, 5 months ago

Unmarked graves in Canada: The 'cultural genocide' committed by Christian residential school system

Op India  

On June 30, another mass grave was reported near a former residential school in Canada. The Lower Kootenay Band, a member band of the Ktunaxa Nation, said that remains of 182 people were found in mass graves close to former St. Eugene’s Mission School in Cranbrook. pic.twitter.com/j7kEVzSfoM — ANews July 1, 2021 The residential school were funded by Canadian govt …

Canadian Indigenous group says more graves found at new site
3 years, 5 months ago

Canadian Indigenous group says more graves found at new site

Associated Press  

CRANBROOK, British Columbia — A Canadian Indigenous group said Wednesday a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site near a former Catholic Church-run residential school that housed Indigenous children taken from their families. Last week the Cowessess First Nation, located about 85 miles east of the Saskatchewan capital of Regina, said investigators …

Canada: 182 unmarked graves found at another residential school
3 years, 5 months ago

Canada: 182 unmarked graves found at another residential school

Al Jazeera  

Warning: The story below contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting. An Indigenous community in western Canada has found 182 unmarked graves near a former boarding school for Indigenous children, the latest such discovery in recent weeks. Various churches, including most notably the Roman Catholic Church, ran at least 139 residential schools across Canada, and thousands of Indigenous …

Pope Francis should apologise in Canada for deaths of indigenous children: Justin Turdeau
3 years, 5 months ago

Pope Francis should apologise in Canada for deaths of indigenous children: Justin Turdeau

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he has urged Pope Francis to come to Canada to apologise for church-run boarding schools where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found, and he said Canadians are “horrified and ashamed” by their government's longtime policy of forcing indigenous children to attend such schools. “I have spoken personally directly with His Holiness, Pope …

Hundreds More Unmarked Graves Found At Erstwhile Canadian Residential School
3 years, 6 months ago

Hundreds More Unmarked Graves Found At Erstwhile Canadian Residential School

News 18  

An indigenous group in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on Thursday said it had found the unmarked graves of an estimated 751 people at a now-defunct Catholic residential school, just weeks after a similar, smaller discovery rocked the country. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was “terribly saddened” by the discovery at Marieval Indian Residential School about 87 miles from …

Canada shaken by discovery of 751 unmarked graves at indigenous school
3 years, 6 months ago

Canada shaken by discovery of 751 unmarked graves at indigenous school

The Hindu  

More than 750 unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic boarding school for indigenous children in western Canada, a tribal leader said on Thursday — the second such shock discovery in less than a month. "As of yesterday, we have hit 751 unmarked graves" at the former Marieval boarding school in Saskatchewan province, Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus …

Canada: At least 600 graves found at Indigenous boarding school
3 years, 6 months ago

Canada: At least 600 graves found at Indigenous boarding school

Al Jazeera  

Cowessess First Nation announces the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves on former Marieval Indian Residential School grounds. Cowessess First Nation announced the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, Canada and Indigenous leaders say they will find more at other sites. Chief Cadmus Delorme of the Cowessess First …

Canada: China seeks probe into Indigenous children’s remains
3 years, 6 months ago

Canada: China seeks probe into Indigenous children’s remains

Al Jazeera  

Joined by Russia, Iran, North Korea and other allies, China calls on the UN Human Rights Council to investigate. “We call for a thorough and impartial investigation into all cases where crimes were committed against the Indigenous people, especially children, so as to bring those responsible to justice, and offer full remedy to victims,” Jiang Duan, a senior official at …

Ontario to help search for residential school burial sites
3 years, 6 months ago

Ontario to help search for residential school burial sites

Al Jazeera  

Canada’s largest province has announced plans to help search for unmarked burial sites at residential schools, weeks after the remains of 215 Indigenous children were found at the site of a former school on the country’s west coast. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said during a news conference on Tuesday that his government would invest $8.2m over three years “to identify, …

“Not an isolated incident”: PM Justin Trudeau on mass indigenous student grave found in Canada
3 years, 6 months ago

“Not an isolated incident”: PM Justin Trudeau on mass indigenous student grave found in Canada

The Hindu  

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday it is not an isolated incident that over 200 children were found buried at a former Indigenous residential school. Mr. Trudeau’s comments come as Indigenous leaders are calling for an examination of every former residential school site — institutions that held children taken from families across the nation. Richard Gagnon, archbishop of …

Canada: ‘This one unmarked grave is what genocide looks like’
3 years, 6 months ago

Canada: ‘This one unmarked grave is what genocide looks like’

Al Jazeera  

Warning: The story below contains details of child abuse Montreal, Canada – “They would just start beating you and lose control and hurl you against the wall, throw you on the floor, kick you, punch you.” That is how Geraldine Bob, a survivor of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, described her experience at the facility in the Canadian province of …

Canada: Bodies at Indigenous school not isolated incident
3 years, 6 months ago

Canada: Bodies at Indigenous school not isolated incident

Associated Press  

TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday it ’s not an isolated incident that over 200 children were found buried at a former Indigenous residential school. Trudeau’s comments come as Indigenous leaders are calling for an examination of every former residential school site — institutions that held children taken from families across the nation. Richard Gagnon, archbishop of Winnipeg …

Canada: Bodies at Indigenous school not isolated incident
3 years, 6 months ago

Canada: Bodies at Indigenous school not isolated incident

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said …

Canada’s Trudeau orders flags lowered for Indigenous children
3 years, 6 months ago

Canada’s Trudeau orders flags lowered for Indigenous children

Al Jazeera  

Move comes after 215 Indigenous children’s remains found at site of residential school in province of British Columbia. In a tweet on Sunday afternoon, Trudeau said the move is “to honour the 215 children whose lives were taken at the former Kamloops residential school and all Indigenous children who never made it home, the survivors, and their families”. Indigenous community …

Remains of 215 children found in Canada's closed boarding school
3 years, 6 months ago

Remains of 215 children found in Canada's closed boarding school

The Hindu  

The remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, have been found buried on the site of what was once Canada’s largest indigenous residential school — one of the institutions that held children taken from families across the nation. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation said in a news release that the remains …

Indigenous people in Canada grapple with ‘unthinkable loss’
3 years, 6 months ago

Indigenous people in Canada grapple with ‘unthinkable loss’

Al Jazeera  

Remains of 215 Indigenous children were found at a former residential school in the province of British Columbia this week. “It was to assimilate Indigenous people in Canada and it’s essentially, in the words of one of the superintendents at the time, to get rid of the ‘Indian problem’.” During an online commemoration on Saturday, Karen Joseph, CEO of the …

Remains of 215 Children Found at Closed Canada Indigenous Boarding School
3 years, 6 months ago

Remains of 215 Children Found at Closed Canada Indigenous Boarding School

News 18  

The remains of 215 children have been discovered on the grounds of a former boarding school set up more than a century ago to assimilate Canada’s indigenous peoples, according to a local tribe. A specialist used ground-penetrating radar to confirm the remains of the students who attended the school near Kamloops, British Columbia, the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc tribe said in …

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