Students were forced to dispose of newborns at Kuper Island residential school, says survivor

August 5, 2025

Residential school survivor James Charlie takes part in the fourth annual March for the Children, where the Penelakut First Nation announced the interim results of a years-long investigation into marked and unmarked burials at the former Kuper Island Indian Industrial School. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST

“They stripped us of our dignity. They raped us. They whipped us, and they did everything possible to … defeat us mentally, physically,” survivor says.