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abqtommy

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Tue Apr 26, 2022, 09:35 AM Apr 2022

CBC*: AFN** national chief asks UN to investigate Canada's role in residential schools.

*Canadian Broadcasting Corporation **Assembly of First Nations

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afn-national-chief-united-nations-requests-investigation-1.6430318

[Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald asked the United Nations on Monday to launch an investigation into Canada's possible role in violations of human rights associated with residential schools.

Archibald said she wants the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, along with other UN officials, to probe Canada's role in the residential school system in response to the reported discovery near former residential school sites of hundreds of unmarked graves believed to contain the remains of children.

"I don't call them schools anymore because no school I ever attended had children buried in unmarked graves," Archibald said.

"Canada and the other UN member states must not look away."]

There's more text and photos at the link. I'd also like to remind everyone that the U.S.,
Australia and other countries also have had residential schools.

https://www.survivalinternational.org/articles/3524-residentialschools

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