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24 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Canadian First Nation finds 751 unmarked graves at former residential school in Saskatchewan, weeks after a similar discovery reut.rs/3qlOdxM
Indigenous group discuss the graves found in Canada
The Catholic church that ran the residential school and cemetery removed the headstones from the graves, Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme told reporters reut.rs/3xMLLTy
Listen to a survivor as she describes the physical abuse, torture and feeling of loneliness endured in one of Canada's residential schools twitter.com/i/events/14051…

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A 1,098 carat diamond believed to be the third largest gem-quality stone ever to be mined, has been discovered in Botswana, according to Anglo American's De Beers and the government reut.rs/3wtLB3b
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16 Jun
Tens of thousands of indigenous children taken to Canadian residential schools run mostly by the Catholic Church were tortured and robbed of their childhoods. @amp6 spoke to survivor Ruth Roulette on @TwitterSpaces 👇

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Ruth arrived at the school when she was 6 years old. Her head was shaved. She was bathed in DDT.

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