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Just recently,
the bodies of more than 200 children were found
buried near the site of a former residential school
for Indigenous youth in British Columbia, Canada. This school
was one of many state-funded institutions that forcibly
removed hundreds of thousands of First Nations children from
their families — up until as recently as the 1990s. In addition to being stripped of their heritage,
culture, religion, and languages, minors were also physically
and sexually abused in these institutions.
First Nations people today —
some of whom are themselves survivors of these schools, while
others are direct descendants of survivors — continue to live
with the enduring and brutal legacy of this cultural erasure
and violence, as well as with the present-day bigoted system.
Experts say the trauma of such en masse abuse and
isolation at Canada's residential schools is one of the root
causes of today's widespread substance use on reservations,
itself another deadly consequence of Canada's horrific past.
The entire tragic and cruel history of these schools demands a
fresh examination and reckoning. Sign the petition to demand that Canadian Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledge and investigate the
rampant cruelty of these residential facilities and invest in
tribes to repair the damage.
Thank you,
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Miranda
The Care2 Petitions Team
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P.S. For
generations, young children were ripped from their families
and cultures, and then abused to death. It's time for a reckoning. |
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