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Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

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Re: Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

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Post by telesilla »

Tears to my eyes, those parents..

The tech for identifying remains must be quite advanced. I don't watch TV shows that might keep me informed on the topic but I imagine it's a well funded area, and like other medical areas the people working there have a strange relationship to their job, given 'job satisfaction' means, successfully identifying cause of death and aiding in criminal investigations as well as relief to families. Not work I could do, bravo to them.

Re: Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

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Post by cheschire »

The final paragraph is the context I desperately needed for the article to have an impact.

"The Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued its final report on residential schools more than five years ago. The nearly 4,000-page account details the harsh mistreatment inflicted on Indigenous children at the institutions, where at least 3,200 children died amid abuse and neglect."

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Post by kstenerud »

This is not an isolated incident. These schools operated all across Canada, were created specifically to "de-savage the indians", had zero accountability, and almost destroyed an entire people. These kids were taken from their parents, imprisoned in these places, and endured endless abuse for their formative years. And this went on until 1994 in some places!

This is Canada's great shame, and we've barely scratched the surface.

Arte made a very good documentary about it, but I can't remember the name atm.

Re: Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

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Post by bondant »

kstenerud wrote: post #6

This is not an isolated incident. These schools operated all across Canada, were created specifically to "de-savage the indians", had zero accountability, and almost destroyed an entire people. These kids were taken from their parents, imprisoned in these places, and endured endless abuse for their formative years. And this went on until 1994 in some places! This is Canada's great shame, and we've barely scratched th…

Maybe this one https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/093799-000-A/killing-the-india... ?

Re: Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

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Post by kstenerud »

bondant wrote: post #7
kstenerud wrote: post #6

This is not an isolated incident. These schools operated all across Canada, were created specifically to "de-savage the indians", had zero accountability, and almost destroyed an entire people. These kids were taken from their parents, imprisoned in these places, and endured endless abuse for their formative years. And this went on until 1994 in some places! This is Canada's great shame, and we've barely scratched th…

Maybe this one https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/093799-000-A/killing-the-india... ?

Yes that's the one! Thanks!

Re: Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

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Post by throwaway24006 »

bondant wrote: post #7
kstenerud wrote: post #6

This is not an isolated incident. These schools operated all across Canada, were created specifically to "de-savage the indians", had zero accountability, and almost destroyed an entire people. These kids were taken from their parents, imprisoned in these places, and endured endless abuse for their formative years. And this went on until 1994 in some places! This is Canada's great shame, and we've barely scratched th…

Maybe this one https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/093799-000-A/killing-the-india... ?

Found it on YouTube, blocked in most countries but see workaround below [1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL5I4u5RSpQ

Whitelisted regions: AD, AT, BE, BG, BL, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GF, GP, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MF, MQ, MT, NC, NL, NO, PF, PL, PM, PT, RE, RO, SE, SI, SK, SM, TF, VA, WF, YT [2]

[1] downloading/streaming on VLC, mpv or whatever possible from this site: https://videocyborg.com/

[2] source: https://inv.riverside.rocks/watch?v=JL5I4u5RSpQ

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