The Truth About Residential School Graves
5/11/202649 min
The Kamloops Indian Residential School made headlines five years ago this month. What followed was tears across the country, marches, statues torn down, and the Prime Minister bending a knee while holding a teddy bear. Then came the counter narrative fuelled by books with titles like Grave Error and Dead Wrong.
Today we talk to Dr. Kisha Supernant, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alberta, who has been working in the field at potential grave sites across the country. What has she found? What is the tone of the debate five years on from Kamloops? And why are there still so many questions?
Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: Julian Abraham (Reporter), Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)
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Fact checking by Kallan Lyons
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First 90 secondsNoor· Host0:00
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Jesse Brown· Host0:03
I'm Jesse Brown, and today we are talking about what we now know about those many potential grave sites at former residential schools.
Kisha Supernant· Guest0:12
And I think we need to respect what the families want, and not force them to do something for anybody else but their own healing and their own search for justice.
Jesse Brown· Host0:23
Wait for that.
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