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Remains of 215 children found at former indigenous school in Canada

The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site of a former residential school for indigenous children, a discovery Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described as heartbreaking on Friday.

The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed in 1978, according to the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Nation, which said the remains were found with the help of a ground penetrating radar specialist.

"We had a knowing in our community that we were able to verify," Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Chief Rosanne Casimir said in a statement. "At this time, we have more questions than answers."

Canada's residential school system, which forcibly separated indigenous children from their families, constituted "cultural genocide," a six-year investigation into the now-defunct system found in 2015.

The report documented horrific physical abuse, rape, malnutrition and other atrocities suffered by many of the 150,000 children who attended the schools, typically run by Christian churches on behalf of Ottawa from the 1840s to the 1990s.

It found more than 4,100 children died while attending residential school. The deaths of the 215 children buried in the grounds of what was once Canada's largest residential school are believed to not have been included in that figure and appear to have been undocumented until the discovery.

Trudeau wrote in a tweet that the news "breaks my heart – it is a painful reminder of that dark and shameful chapter of our country's history."

In 2008, the Canadian government formally apologized for the system.

The Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Nation said it was engaging with the coroner and reaching out to the home communities whose children attended the school. They expect to have preliminary findings by mid-June.

In a statement, British Columbia Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Terry Teegee called finding such grave sites "urgent work" that "refreshes the grief and loss for all First Nations in British Columbia."

Remains of 215 children found at former indigenous school in Canada

The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site of a former residential school for indigenous children, a discovery Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described as heartbreaking on Friday.

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[El Sidd]

The shockwaves of this horrific discovery has hit every breakfast and lunch table today.

Salute to the survivors.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

They also found these sorts of mass graves in post WW2 Germany, Poland and Russia as evidence of Nazi war crimes and genocide.

 

[hualushui]

Whenever Western countries say that China did something bad, it means that these countries have done these bad things themselves

 

[redtom]

Whenever Western countries say that China did something bad, it means that these countries have done these bad things themselves

Find out their own action records, use ctrl+f to find the country name, and replace it with China. done

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

Whenever Western countries say that China did something bad, it means that these countries have done these bad things themselves

Nice. And that justifies you repeating it. Right?

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

do the American and Canadian whiteys ever feel ashamed of their ancestors crimes? I often wonder

 

[Sabretooth]

This is only but a small piece of the artwork of white Christians in the name of god. Their canvas was the western hemisphere. This is a prime example of spreading their religion by sword by putting the fear of god in heathens.
These days their descendants likes to put unfounded blames on Muslims and Islam for being extremist and barbaric.

 

[Feng Leng]

Whenever Western countries say that China did something bad, it means that these countries have done these bad things themselves

Correction: When Western countries say that China did something bad, it means they intend to do these things to China.

 

[zectech]

No. When Western countries say that China did something bad, it means they intend to do these things to China.

both. Because China next on the list to harm, Canada had native americans on the list to genocide and did so.

Iraq was on the list and..

The staggering death toll in Iraq

The American public must come to terms with the scale of the violence and chaos we have unleashed

www.salon.com

 

[ApparentRaceTraitor]

It was a tragic time and highly regrettable, but native Canadians and the rest of Canada are actively working towards reconciliation. Our generation has the advantage of knowledge, empathy and integration no matter the race or preferred sky father(or lack thereof).

Our biggest downside is our fetish with militaristic inclusivity.

 

[Globenim]

heartbreaking

So sad really ...
Okay 5 minutes of pretending to have a heart is over, now back to discriminating other ethnicities we ceased to be able to exploit and contain, call for overthrowing their foreign governments, try to create suffering in their countries and dehumanize them with propaganda

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

It was a tragic time and highly regrettable, but native Canadians and the rest of Canada are actively working towards reconciliation. Our generation has the advantage of knowledge, empathy and integration no matter the race or preferred sky father(or lack thereof).

Our biggest downside is our fetish with militaristic inclusivity.

you mean the invaders are happy to reconcile with native Canadians once they have subjugated the natives and speak to them from a position of absolute strength.

If that is acceptable then if Britain had held onto India, had white British rule over India until today with all ministries being staffed by white British and then offered an Indian a role as "Minister of Reconciliation" in India, would you be happy?

 

[TNT]

That is horrible. It also shows how evil these westerners are, and now they put themselves as champions of human rights.

 

[ApparentRaceTraitor]

you mean the invaders are happy to reconcile with native Canadians once they have subjugated the natives and speak to them from a position of absolute strength.

If that is acceptable then if Britain had held onto India, had white British rule over India until today with all ministries being staffed by white British and then offered an Indian a role as "Minister of Reconciliation" in India, would you be happy?

The difference is we are actively trying to make up for the mistakes of the past although this generation of Canadians made up of multiple ethnicities are not obligated to. People have done some messed up sh!t in the past, but we are NOT responsible for the sins of those who colonized this country, just like the average Brit is not responsible for the famines caused by Churchill.

Yes there are still crimes perpetuated against people of the first nation, but like I mentioned we wouldn't put so much effort at reconciliation if we did not feel that they were beyond wronged. And most First nations folk (the responsible tribes) understand this and work with the government to better their reserves.

History repeats itself if you are always looking back