Thread by @giselegordon

1/There were 138 residential “schools” in Canada. I am wondering what we could call them instead of schools. Graveyards are not incorporated into the architectural plans for new schools as these were. Maybe child labour camps. They were everywhere
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2/By my count, 1,142 children’s remains have been found in unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools in Canada so far:
Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia, on the lands of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation - 215

3/Brandon Indian Residential School on the lands of the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation - 104
Regina Indian Industrial School - 38
Muscowequan Indian Residential School, Muskowekwan First Nation (Lestock, SK) - 35

4/Marieval Indian Residential School in Marieval, Saskatchewan, on the lands of Cowessess First Nation - 751

Justice Murray Sinclair, former senator and chair of the TRC, estimated in that the numbers could be as high as 15,000 to 25,000.

5/Write your MPP, demand the TRC calls to action are implemented and that Canada submit itself to the UN for investigation for crimes committed against Indigenous Peoples.
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6/In Ontario? Write Doug Ford, demand he reinstate the Indigenous Culture Fund, the project to rewrite the provincial curriculum with Indigenous content – these were both initiatives that came out of recommendations from the TRC. Ford cut them both in his first week in office.

7/@belindadaniels9
"Some good steps forward in place of ‘Sorrys': #landback, ongoing language funds, #languagrevitalizationfunds, leaders, Roman Cath Orgs, school boards, more immersion progs, hiring of more FNs Journalists, have reconciliation with action, listen to us!"

8/@BreenOuellette
"Support calls for #Canada to submit before international courts on charges of #apartheid and #genocide"
#CanadaSubmitToJustice

9/@crystalfraser
"support your Indigenous colleagues, friends, family. Donate $$ to the @NCTR_UM & local Indigenous organizations. Read. Tweet. Become uncomfortable. Think about your whiteness."

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