Survivor of indigenous boarding school in Canada recalls painful times

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It is a lifetime since she left, but Evelyn Camille's throat tightens as she returns to her old indigenous boarding school in western Canada to ...

Kamloops Indian Residential School survivor Evelyn Camille, 82, poses next to a makeshift memorial at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility, in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, on Jun 4, 2021 AFP/ColeKAMLOOPS, Canada: It is a lifetime since she left, but Evelyn Camille's throat tightens as she returns to her old indigenous boarding school in western Canada to honor the 215 pupils whose bodies...

Camille was separated from her family and sent tens of kilometers to the Kamloops Indian Residential School. At least 4,100 students died from disease, malnutrition or neglect, according to a truth and reconciliation commission that in 2015 called it"cultural genocide." The valley was first explored by European fur traders in the early 1800s, but has been home for centuries to the Tk'emlupsemc.

 

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