The news that hit Canadian news media over the weekend was of the discovery of evidence of 215 children’s remains at a residential school location near Kamloops, Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission reports that at least 3,213 children were taken from their families and never made it home- and I think we can all imagine it is much much higher.
For a map of residential schools:
https://nctr.ca/memorial/national-student-memorial/memorial-map/
For a list of names of those children (the ones who are known):
https://nctr.ca/memorial/national-student-memorial/memorial-register/
Tonight, I am remembering all the innocent lives that were lost, and the reverberations of government-sanctioned genocidal practices that continue to be felt today.
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