Tag: Residential School

More than 160 unmarked graves at another B.C. residential school site, First Nation confirms

Posted on 13 July 2021 by LISA STEACY

PENELAKUT (NEWS 1130) — The Penelakut Tribe has confirmed more than 160 unmarked, undocumented graves at the site of a former residential school on their territory near Vancouver Island.

‘They made us believe we didn’t have souls:’ Marieval residential school survivor

Posted on 25 June 2021 by JULIA PETERSON, THE CANADIAN PRESS

A Cowessess First Nation elder is recalling the abusive and dehumanizing experiences she had while attending a residential school in Saskatchewan as news of the hundreds of unmarked graves found at the site rippled around the world.