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applegrove

(123,156 posts) Thu Jul 1, 2021, 08:33 PM Jul 2021

On this Canada Day can we take a moment to remember all those indigenous children

lost in the past centuries to residential schools and criminal neglect and genocide.

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On this Canada Day can we take a moment to remember all those indigenous children (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2021 OP

... alwaysinasnit Jul 2021 #1

and we should remember those KT2000 Jul 2021 #2

Yes. applegrove Jul 2021 #3

For the children TigressDem Jul 2021 #4

alwaysinasnit

(5,255 posts)

1. ...

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Thu Jul 1, 2021, 08:56 PM

Jul 2021

KT2000

(20,847 posts)

2. and we should remember those

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Jul 1, 2021, 09:54 PM

Jul 2021

who survived the residential schools. They were tortured, raped and abused and that changed their lives. They have lived with PTSD and mental issues and suffered in silence.

applegrove

(123,156 posts)

3. Yes.

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Thu Jul 1, 2021, 09:56 PM

Jul 2021

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)

4. For the children

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Jul 1, 2021, 10:01 PM

Jul 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/world/canada/indigenous-children-graves-saskatchewan-canada.html

Hundreds More Unmarked Graves Found at Former Residential School in Canada

An Indigenous group said the remains of as many as 751 people, mainly children, had been found in unmarked graves on the site of a former boarding school in Saskatchewan.

To see which tribes originally held various areas, see https://native-land.ca/

Of course, it isn't 100% accurate, but it's a great start.

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