3,000 dead residential school children tip of iceberg says survivor

APTN National News
Bobby Joseph is a residential school survivor.

He attended the school in Albert Bay for over a decade. He now helps other suvivors.

Joseph says a report released Monday confirming at least 3,000 deaths at Indian Residential Schools is just the beginning. More than a 150,000 kids were forced into the schools by the federal government for over a century ending in the 1990s.

“People are beginning to validate our word that there were loss and harm and trauma in our experiences,” he says.

Many of the children died of disease. It’s been well documented that children faced sexual and physical abuse.

APTN National News reporter Tina House has this story.

 

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