It's hard enough with the wound that was ripped open with #215children to dress that wound before going on with your day. Then to have to sit as they open the stitches again & you have to pretend you're not in pain & not bleeding, because decorum. 2/
First Nations win access to archives of Sisters of St. Ann. #215children www.timescolonist.com/news/local/first-nations...
@_JoannaQuinn “My sense is that Canadians know a little bit, but not enough to dig into the question and make change and that change is badly needed”. www.unpublishedottawa.com/cafe/342371/residential-... #cdnpoli #215children #indiginous
Never forget. “Canada is guilty of historic and on going genocide for these intentional policies”. @Pam_Palmater Take a look. www.unpublishedottawa.com/cafe/342371/residential-... #cdnpoli #Indigenous #215children
For anyone just starting to learn more about #Indigenous Peoples & the reality of colonialism & #racism in the wake of #215children, it is good that you are.
But please remember that we're going through long grieving, multiplied by hundreds of unearthed children and
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It's #Secwépemc. Not *insert pan-indian term when you want to identify us by how we've been victimized by colonialism to hashtag our trauma.*
If you want to learn what you can do in the wake of #215children, you can start by taking a moment to learn our name. Learn our names....
Tired of non-Indigenous tears & shock at how #215children could have possibly happened in Canada... Meanwhile they turn around & dehumanize *living* #Indigenous people.
It's. Still. Happening. And it will keep happening as long as Canadians keep denying their own #racism.
Non-Indigenous allies: Educate yourselves & find ways to provide non-intrusive support.
Don't get offended if Indigenous people don't "accept" your "help." Don't center yourself & take up space, here. Your hot take or opinion is not needed.
From @alex4salmon on #215children:
*sighs and gets ready to get off twitter*
"Hey did you see the thing where @jjhorgan compared deferring #oldgrowth logging to the deaths and undisclosed burials of the #215children?"
I...what?
Relevant, meaningful action that Canada could do in response to #215children.
#ElliotHarper: tax the churches and make them pay for the searches.
Many conversations w/ MDs, patients, family and friends about the #215children uncovered in unmarked graves at Kamloops Residential School past few days.
Those led to the #215pledge, launched today.
If you’re searching for a starting point, visit http://215pledge.ca
I can't stop listening to this song by #Secwepemc youth - "We Won't Forget You" @nwejinan
#215children #residentialschools twitter.com/CoyoteDreams/status/1399...
Canada's residential school horror resurfaces after a mass grave containing #215children was found in B.C. #MMIW #EveryChildMatters #kamloopsresidentialschool
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Call it what it is - racist genocide. #Genocide #215children #Kamloops
So @BrianPallister is going to name 6400 lakes and geographic features for dead people.
I have an idea who they should be named after.
#residentialschools
#215children
#mbpoli
