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People all over the world are still absorbing the news that remains of more than 200 children were found buried on the grounds of a British Columbia residential school. The revelation comes from a preliminary report by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation that said it hired a specialist to locate remains using ground-scanning radar. By all accounts, the deaths of the children were not documented by the school or anyone else. It’s a shocking disclosure on top of all the atrocities against Indigenous people in boarding schools that are already documented in Canada and the United States. The news prompts numerous questions, not least of which is who should be held accountable and how many other boarding schools hold similar secrets?
Guests:
Angela White (Snuneymuxw) – executive director of the Indian Residential School Survivors Society of British Columbia
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip (Penticton Indian Band) – grand chief of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs and former chief of the Penticton Indian Band
Eleanore Sunchild (Cree from Thunder Child First Nation) – Indigenous Cree lawyer who works with survivors of Indian residential schools
Break 1 music: Song Of Encouragement (song) Porcupine Singers (artist) Alowanpi – Songs Of Honoring – Lakota Classics: Past & Present, Vol. 1 (album)
Break 2 music: Metropolis (single) A Tribe Called Red (artist)
