in 1952. She remembers her parents dropping her off at the residential school when she was seven years old. It was a time that her life changed. She no longer had access to her Indigenous teachings, her language and living off the land.The memories of being a student at the Muscowequan Indian Residential School reopened old wounds as Haviland weeps as she recalls her time at a place that robbed her of a childhood.
However, the idea of having a proposed papal visit to Muskokwekwan First Nation, where the last standing residential school in Saskatchewan is, doesn’t sit too well with Haviland. In 2021, 35 unmarked graves were discovered on the site of the residential school. The Pope is expected to visit Canada this summer, which was announced when Indigenous delegates from Canada were in Rome from March 28 to April 1.During their visit to the Vatican, the Pope also delivered an apology for the harm caused by the Catholic Church in the residential schools.
“The Pope needs to visit one of our First Nations Saskatchewan, especially one where the site of the abuse still stands,” stated Cameron. “Pope Francis and the Church must bear witness to the devastation brought on by the Church in our Treaty territory.”
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