Exploring Theme: "Kamloops Residential School"

A rainbow breaks over the former Kamloops Residential School on May 23, 2022.MELISSA TAIT/THE GLOBE AND MAIL The Globe and Mail: The leader of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc says it is still working its way through consultations with other neighbouring First Nations before beginning any excavation of the residential school site that made global headlines...

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation Globe and Mail – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was publicly reprimanded by the chief of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation after a ceremony in which he paid his first respects to missing children believed to be buried at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Ms. Casimir said the First...

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation Toronto Star – Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation released a report on the preliminary findings of their search of the 215 unmarked graves: Revising the initial estimate to 200 “targets of interest” – probable graves Calling on the federal government to help identify any remains in the unmarked graves Demanding...

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation Toronto Star – The Missionary of Oblates of Mary Immaculate “says it will disclose all historical documents in its possession… They operated 48 schools in Canada, including the Marieval IRS and the Kamloops IRS…In the statement, the Oblates said the work is not complete because of complications with provincial and...

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation Toronto Star – The federal government, so far, has refused to legally compel the Catholic Church to release all documents relating the residential school system. The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate who operated the Kamloops Residential School “have yet to release any records about the Kamloops school. The Catholic order,...

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation Murray Sinclair, who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission “called for an independent investigation of the broader question of unmarked sites across the country and demanded it not be conducted under the auspices of the federal government.”...

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) and the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) at UBC – NCTR and IRSHDC re calling on the federal government to work in collaboration with residential school Survivors and Indigenous governments to establish a national framework for investigation and protection of...

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation Toronto Star – In 2009 – when Conservatives were in power – there had been a request for $1.5 million, which would have been used to help locate gravesites, among other things. The request was denied. The landmark Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report on the legacy of the residential school...

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation Toronto Star – The bodies of 215 Indigenous children were discovered in unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Residential School located in the territory of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation. The Truth and Reconciliation records the death of 51 children dying at the Kamloops Residential School between...