Monday 31 May 2021

215 Bodies found in unmarked graves

At a  Kamloops Residential school ground radar found 215 unmarked graves. The Catholic Church who ran the school had stated earlier that 50 children had died at the school. 

"There may be reasons why they wouldn't record the deaths properly and that they weren't treated with dignity and respect because that was the whole purpose of the residential school ... to take total control of Indian children, to remove their culture, identity and connection to their family,"

From our studies on Residential schools earlier, we know that many children died and that some were buried in unmarked graves. Still, 215 is shocking

-Are their mass grave of undocumented deaths at other schools? 4,100 students are know to have died, but Alberta alone thinks there is another 800 'missing' children from their province. 

-What does this say about the Church and Government that were in charge of the schools?

-Bishop Grandin is a major street in Winnipeg named after a Catholic Bishop who advocated for Metis rights but also advocated for and was a big supporter of Residential schools. Many other things, such as a part of our city, is also named after him. Should we keep honouring his name or should we rename these things?




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