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Michael Cachagee was a well known advocate and speaker on relating to residential schools. [7] He was a founding member of the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association, [8] the National Residential School Survivor Society, and Ontario Indian Residential School Support Services.
The scholarship is in memory of Charlie Hunter, a student who passed away while at St. Anne's Indian Residential School. [23] Charlie was buried at the residential school against the wishes of his family and the Hunter family worked for over thirty years to bring Charlie's body back to his home community.
Pupils at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania, c. 1900. American Indigenous boarding schools, also known more recently as American Indigenous residential schools, were established in the United States from the mid-17th to the early 20th centuries with a primary objective of "civilizing" or assimilating Native American children and youth into Anglo-American culture.
Survivors took turns speaking into a microphone in front of a full gymnasium at the Riverside Indian School in Anadarko on July 9. Anadarko was the first stop on the Road to Healing listening tour ...
Angela White, executive director for the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, also called on the Canadian federal government and Catholic Church to take action and responsibility towards reconciliation efforts, stating "Reconciliation does not mean anything if there is no action to those words ... [w]ell-wishes and prayers only go so ...
Phyllis Webstad (née Jack; born July 13, 1967) is a Northern Secwepemc (Shuswap) author and activist from the Stswecem'c Xgat'tem First Nation, [note 1] and the creator of Orange Shirt Day, a day of remembrance marked in Canada later instated as the public holiday of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Shingwauk Indian Residential School was a Canadian residential school for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children that operated in Canada between 1873 and 1970 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the Anglican Church of Canada and the Government of Canada. Today, Shingwauk Hall, built in 1935, forms the central building of Algoma University.
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