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Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict issues statement on potential discovery of unmarked graves near Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation)
Warning: This statement contains details of experiences at residential schools. (Toronto, Ont.–Jan. 28, 2025) Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict has issued the following statement on the recent potential discovery of 144 unmarked graves at a former residential school near Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation): “This month, the Wiikwogaming Tiinahtiisiiwin Project Team, also known as […]
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After ‘burial features’ detected on McIntosh residential school grounds, researchers help families get closure – CBC
Jan 22, 2025 Children from First Nations in Ont., Man., Sask., Alta. recorded as buried at property Members of an Indigenous-led research team that detected 114 “unmarked burial features” on the former property of McIntosh Indian Residential School (IRS) are working to identify people who were buried to help families find closure. The results released […]
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Discovery by the Wiikwogaming Tiinahtiisiiwin Project Team on former McIntosh Indian Residential School Property
Discovery by the Wiikwogaming Tiinahtiisiiwin Project Team on former McIntosh Indian Residential School Property Thunder Bay, ON – The Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) extends our deepest condolences to the families and communities impacted by the discovery of unmarked burial features at the former McIntosh Indian Residential School. We are profoundly saddened by this revelation, […]
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New book documents harms — and resistance — at Northern residential schools – CBC
Jan 06, 2025 Intergenerational survivor sheds light on experiences at Inuvik residential schools A new book chronicles the experiences of Northern Indigenous people at residential schools with a particular look at Grollier Hall and Stringer Hall in Inuvik, N.W.T. Crystal Gail Fraser, author of By Strength, We Are Still Here: Indigenous Peoples and Indian Residential […]
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Book documents residential school experiences – Winnipeg Free Press
Dec. 16, 2024 The University of Manitoba Press has printed a first-of-its-kind book that documents the in-depth experiences of children from Northern Canada, many of whom had to travel great distances and spent months — in some cases, years — away from their families in residential schools. Crystal Fraser, who is Gwichyà Gwich’in and grew […]
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Prince Albert Grand Council – Hunger Games Food Bank Fundraiser
Cops vrs Cadets was originally started in early 1998 when the First Nations Cadets on the Carry The Kettle challenged the local RCMP to a Volleyball game. The intention was to have a fun evening of volleyball and for the kids to relate to the local officers on a personal level. (I was with the […]
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Demand growing for cadaver dogs to assist in searches at former residential schools – CBC
Dec 09, 2024 Since 2023, human remains detection dogs from Ottawa have searched grounds of 10 former residential schools As First Nations communities continue to hone in on possible unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools, some are now using human remains detection dogs to assist in that effort. Since 2021, when the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First […]
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Coroner’s probe finds 220 additional deaths at Ontario residential schools – Atin Ito News
December 3 2024 An Ontario coroner’s investigation has identified 220 additional deaths linked to Indian residential schools in the province — deaths that were previously unknown to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, which has documented 436 deaths in the province. Deaths are in addition to the 436 documented by the National Centre for […]
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Some missing residential school students disappeared into arranged marriages, report says – CBC
Dec 03, 2024 Researchers say more investigation needed to find out total numbers affected Some children who disappeared from residential schools ended up in arranged marriages organized by school principals and the government, according to the final report from the special interlocutor for missing children and unmarked graves and burial sites associated with Indian Residential Schools. […]
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Open Letter to Nadleh Whut’en
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