U.S. Interior Secretary listens to Indian boarding school survivors on Alaska stop

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has wrapped up her multi-day trip to Alaska which included participating in the process currently underway for survivors of federal Indian boarding schools to share their experiences. “Today in Anchorage, [Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Bryan Newland] and I listened to…

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We fact-checked residential school denialists and debunked their ‘mass grave hoax’ theory

Recently a politician from a village in Prince Edward Island displayed an offensive sign on his property in which he proclaimed there is a “mass grave hoax” regarding the former Indian Residential Schools in Canada. Although many have called for him to resign, he is just one of many people who subscribe to this false theory…

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The Residential School Memorial in Regina: Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future

On June 21, 2022, on National Indigenous Peoples Day, the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan and the Government of Saskatchewan dedicated the Saskatchewan Residential School Memorial on the grounds of Government House in Regina. The Residential School Memorial honours the survivors…

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Portrait of Chanie Wenjack unveiled at Toronto’s Union Station

Blake Angeconeb’s latest creation will receive plenty of attention. And though he is pleased with that, Angeconeb, an artist who paints in the Woodland style, admits he struggled greatly while creating a portrait of Chanie Wenjack. Wenjack was an Anishinaabe boy who died in October 1966 at the age of 12 running away from the […]

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