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Hundreds gather in Montreal to reflect on Canada’s legacy of residential schools
Hundreds gathered to recognize the legacy of residential schools and the ongoing overrepresentation of Indigenous children in Canada's child welfare system, said First Nations Child and Family Caring Society.
- On Tuesday, hundreds gathered at Mount Royal park in Montreal for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honour residential school survivors.
- Historically, church-run, government-funded residential schools forced about 150,000 Indigenous children between 1857 and 1996, while the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission called it `cultural genocide` and documented banned languages and abuse.
- Fay-Lisa Gagné, Muskowekwan First Nation, spoke about her mother’s residential school experience and losing four siblings to the 60s scoop.
- Speakers at the event called for collective action to address the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in child welfare systems, with Gagné noting First Nations children are six to eight times more likely to be placed into care.
- Amid calls to honour survivors, Ka’nahsohon Kevin Deer framed the past with `we're going to kill the Indian to save the man` and urged respect for children taken from families, noting parents had good intentions.
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