Catholic churches burn in the lands of the First Nations In Canada. A few days after finding the others Hundreds of graves Four worship buildings have already been erected near one of the worst residential schools for aborigines run by the Catholic Church until 1969. Flames within the boundaries of indigenous communities In the province of British Columbia. Saturday morning fire destroyed St. Ann and Sopaka Church (Lower Similkameen Indian Band). On Monday, two more were burned at Penticton and Oliver (southern Okanagan), in conjunction with National Indigenous Peoples Day.
Red jackets
A Red Jackets spokesman said there were no injuries and no arrests had been made. The connection with the recent horrific discoveries in the two former Catholic colleges is clear. Last Thursday, the bodies of 751 bodies, mostly children, were the latest part of a scandal that shocked Canada, making it hard for Pope Francis to ignore what he regretted in early June. Happened.
Institutions of the Church
The former Marival School in East Saskatchewan was active for 98 years until it closed in 1997. At the initiative of the Gowes community, excavations began in May. The remains of 215 children were found Kamloops, once the largest institution in the network of colleges established by the Canadian government in 1863, was adjacent to the Indian Residential School and until 1969 managed churches (Catholic and Anglican), where children and adolescents belonged to the most remote tribal communities. More than 150,000 young people, perlopi lnuit O Metz, Sometimes for 2-3 years, they were forcibly taken away from their homes, separated from their families, and traveled thousands of miles. Most have not seen their parents for years, and many have not returned.
Abuse
He said in an interview that the pope’s formal apology would help the survivors begin the journey of reconciliation. Courier service Stephanie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Truth and Reconciliation, said the death toll was more than 6,000. Children were exposed to tuberculosis or other diseases due to poor health conditions that forced them to live. In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, established in Canada seven years ago, after hearing thousands of witnesses, equated the policy of integration of residential schools with cultural genocide. 50% of complaints are about severe physical and sexual abuse. Repeated rape cases, which in most cases led to the psychological devastation of the victim, and then had a very long-lasting impact: inability to have relationships with each other, mental illness, alcoholism, unemployment, inability to be good parents. Following the discovery of human remains of Kamloops, excavations have begun across Canada with the help of government officials. The scandal could soon spread to the United States, with its Secretary of the Interior recently announcing the opening of an investigation into the complex tradition of Native American boarding schools, focusing on cemeteries or burial sites.
He was first Trudeau
On Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized for the government’s terrible mistakes and called on Pope Francis to do the same, meeting with the first countries in Canada: not only he, but I personally spoke with his Holiness to emphasize how important it is. Apologies, but do this with Canadian natives on Canadian soil, he said. The Bishop of Montreal, Monsignor Christian Elpine, spoke of the dark side of history in an open letter that no man, woman, or believer can be indifferent to. But Native Americans insist that all residential school archives be made public as soon as possible.
Once outside the Marival Residential School, members of the Kovas community erected a tent – a traditional conical tent with leather and birch strips – for prayer and placed 751 solar-powered lamps to illuminate children’s anonymous graves.
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