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Huge #OrangeShirt #memorial to honour all the native kids' lives lost in the cruel #ResidentialSchool system.
On the site of one of the worst in Canada - #Namgis territory, #AlertBay. It was called St. Michael's Indian Residential School. It was demolished in 2015. #Umista Cultural Center sits on the old site. #Indigenous peoples have reclaimed their land there & are trying to heal from colonial abuses.

We have racists in #Canada who are currently dishonouring the victims of residential schools by denying survivors' histories & saying mass graves are a lie. This is so wrong. We owe the ones who died & the living survivors support & reparations. Please don't let folks use denialism around you - confront them & stand up for the victims & survivors.

Relevant links:
https://collections.irshdc.ubc.ca/Detail/objects/518

https://orangeshirtday.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Indian_Residential_School_(Alert_Bay)

https://www.umista.ca/

https://www.7generations.org/what-is-every-child-matters/

#IndigenousChildren #ColonialCrimes #ColonialViolence #ChurchAbuses #RacialViolence #IndigenousGenocide #EveryChildMatters #BelieveVictims #SupportSurvivors #NativeChildren #IndigenousChildren #ChildAbuse #ColonialCoverUps #TruthBeforeReconcilliation #Decolonization #DecolonizeYourMind #BritishColumbia #Canada #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CanadasGenocide #BChistory #CanadianHistory #StopRacism #SystemicRacism #SystematicAbuse

CW: The article contains disturbing child abuse, resulting in death. #TriggerWarning.

The placement was approved by both #BritishColumbia Ministry of #Children & Family Development & the family service’s department of the boy’s First Nation, but the report says the ministry did not complete #BackgroundChecks or visit the home before the siblings were moved there.

Charlesworth said the lack of communication, #DueDiligence & #DueProcess would “prove to be a massive error” because those in charge of the boy’s safety could have learned the woman had prior involvement with the ministry over physical #abuse of her child & there were documented concerns about her partner’s “conduct with children.”

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/b-c-s-massive-error-part-of-web-of-inaction-that-could-have-saved-boy-advocate/

#BCpoli #ChildAbuse #BCNDP #ChildWelfare #ChildrenInCare #ChildrensRights #ChildrensSafety #BCgovernment #BCNewDeathParty #PreventableDeaths #FailureToProtect #SocialWelfare #ChildrensWelfare #IndigenousChildren #EveryChildMatters

#NoMoreStolenSisters & #EveryChildMatters #memorials on grounds of #Umista #NamgisNation #FirstNation #cultural centre.

#MMIWG #NoMoreStolenChildren #BringThemHome #ResidentialSchools #BCFirstNations #NamgisTerritory #AlertBay #CormorantIsland #BCCoast #BritishColumbia #Canada #IndigenousGenocide #NeverForget #PNW #PacificNorthwest #TurtleIsland

On the grounds of the now demolished St. Michael's residential school.
#EveryChildMatters #Umista #NamgisNation #NamgisTerritory #ResidentialSchools #NeverAgain #IndigenousLivingHistory #OrangeShirt #NativeKids #Community #memorial #PayingRespect #BritishColumbia #Canada #PNW #BCCoast #PacificNorthwest