News & Updates
A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
English River First Nation grappling with more potential graves found at residential school site
WARNING: This story contains details of experiences at residential schools. Katrina Maurice, a member of the English River First Nation in northern Saskatchewan, has a connection with the Beauval Indian Residential School site that runs deep, like many others from the area. A lot of the parents from her community, and even people from her […]
Dene national chief speaks out against stalled residential school investigation | APTN News
Dene National Chief George Mackenzie is speaking out against an ongoing residential school investigation in the Northwest Territories that has so far stalled…
‘Colonial mindset’ preventing return of child’s remains to her community, says N.W.T. MLA
Some N.W.T. MLAs pressed the territory’s culture minister on Thursday to waive legislation that they say is holding up efforts to return a deceased child’s remains to her home community. The child from Fort Smith, N.W.T. — identified only as Alma by the Deninu Kųę́ First Nation — died while at residential school in the 1940s, according […]