Survivors of residential school system gather in N.S. to hear Harper's apology
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The prime minister's apology to former residential school students was a source of mixed emotions for people in Saskatchewan, says the chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. (article 8)
" It was definitely received with mixed emotions said Chief Lawrence Joseph, one of thousands of aboriginal people around the province who watched Steven Harper's televised apology on Wednesday. (article 8)
Susie Jones spent 12 years at the Shingwauk residential school in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, in eastern Canada. (article 9)
Connie Brooks, who attended the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School in the early 1960s, reacts to a letting go ceremony at the site of the former school. (article 6)
(Mike Dembeck/Canadian Press) Wednesday was a day of mixed emotions for Frank Augustine (article 6)
Charlie Paul, who attended the Shubenacadie Residential School from 1946 to 1952, stands at the site of the former school complex in Shubenacadie, N.S., Wednesday morning, June 11, 2008. (article 7)
I worked for a non-partisan decision maker for the IRS and spent a lot of time transcribing the experiences of survivors of the Indian Residential School system. (article 5)
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Source articles
- In Their Own Voices (cbc.ca, 06/11/2008, 5099 words)
- In Their Own Voices (cbc.ca, 06/11/2008, 4286 words)
- In Their Own Voices (cbc.ca, 06/11/2008, 4468 words)
- In Their Own Voices (cbc.ca, 06/11/2008, 5819 words)
- I worked for a non-partisan decision maker for the... (cbc.ca, 06/11/2008, 312 words)
- Residential school survivors gather on apology day (cbc.ca, 06/11/2008, 447 words)
- Survivors of residential school system gather in N.S. to hear Harper's apology (cbc.ca, 06/11/2008, 1103 words)
- Aboriginal people around Sask. watch apology (cbc.ca, 06/11/2008, 317 words)
- 'They wanted to brainwash us' (BBC News, 06/11/2008, 830 words)
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