What I told my child about the Kamloops graves—to honour the 215

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'I explained how there was a call to bring shoes to represent the children stolen... she came out of her room with the shiniest, blingiest gold shoes in her collection, saying: 'I think a little girl would have liked these.'' - sweetmoonphoto

Tenille Campbell is a Dene-Métis photographer and writer from the English River First Nation in Saskatchewan. She is based in Saskatoon.Indian Residential School

But as the news was picked up, appearing in hundreds and thousands of social feeds, I realized I would have to talk with my daughter—again—about a trauma that she would hear about, be it from a misinformed classmate or on the news. While I held her warm hand in mine, I explained how there was a call in for people to bring shoes, to represent the children stolen, and she nodded.

 

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please tell her that mother nature blessed 14 golden eagle feathers for the spirits of the children. wrapped them in sacred orange cloth and a yellow butterfly flew away. the children’s spirits are around you in every yellow butterfly.

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