Residential Schools - Comments

  • synthian.

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    The exact same thing happened to the Stolen Generation aboriginals in Australia.
    August 26th, 2012 at 07:22am
  • She Said Poptarts

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    Wow, I'm really glad that you posted an article about this. Most people nowadays still don't know that this happened, even in Canada.

    I'm honestly bitter with the government for putting my family through that and thinking that giving them money would heal them. When I was first told this, I was in my reserve visiting family. And almost all the elders were given money, and I asked why? I've been told that it was because of the abuse from the residential schools. 

    And my first thought was, "Isn't it a bit late to apologize?"

    Anyways, thank you for this. I recommended a thousand times. 
    July 8th, 2012 at 07:42pm
  • L.A.C.E

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    Amazing article, the U.S teach so much common things. I was not even aware this happened until I read this article. It is very informative :D
    July 8th, 2012 at 02:41am
  • folie a dru.

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    Great article. The U.S. is terribly bad at teaching world history, so I had no idea that had happened at all. It's great that Canada recognized their errors.
    July 6th, 2012 at 09:51pm
  • WriteToLive

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    This is a great article. My one recomendation would be to not start so many sentences with "The children..."
    July 5th, 2012 at 02:35am