Thread by @gindaanis

Hundreds, maybe thousands, of Canadians took Indigenous children from their homes and abused them in horrific ways. Canadian men and women starved, abused, sexually assaulted, and murdered Indigenous children.

It's #OrangeShirtDay

This is Canadian history.

We talk about residential schools as if it is something that happened, but we don't name the perpetrators. Just like we talk about how many women were assaulted but not how many men assault women.

That matters

Fuck reconciliation.

I want Nüremberg.

Dr Peter Bryce completed a report, noting that the conditions in these Canadian schools were appalling and that children died because of it.

He was fired
The report buried
School attendance became mandatory

This is Canadian history.

These abuses did not just happen. Instead of talking about the abuse that the children experienced, let's talk about the Canadian men and women who did it.

It wasn't "the church"

It was the people in the pews.

It wasn't "the government"

It was boring ordinary Canadians

They look like nice teachers. When I showed this collection of images to a survivor who had gone to this school he said "that bitch" and told me what she did.

More images in this archive. Including my uncles.

archives.algomau.ca/main/sites/def…

On this day, while we are thinking about our relatives who went to these schools I want Canadians to think about their relatives who taught there. Who cooked in the kitchen Forced parents to send their children Transported them Pretended they didn't know

This is Canada's history