Morseau and Freeland didnt grow up with the teachings, music or kinship in the same way a Native child traditionally does. It concerns the covered-up, unindicted and therefore unpunished official Canadian genocide and crimes against humanity against the aboriginal people of Canada. In the statement, the United Church of Canada wrote, "Annett is able to attract attention because he hides behind a single truth: that the Canadian Indian residential school system was abusive, unjust and destructive of indigenous culture.". In 1860, the Bureau of Indian affairs established Indian boarding schools, where Native American children were taken from reservations and assimilated into the white American standard of living. appreciated. These deadly practices were applied to all children in the Kamloops residential schools as a matter of policy, even the collaborators. According to Combes, the royal couple had a picnic with some of the children there and he "saw the Queen leave that picnic with ten children from the school, and those children never returned.". Main Line: 613.533.3410, Statement on the discovery of unmarked graves in Cowessess First Nation, Queens releases report following dialogues on Indigeneity, Queens celebrates first Indigenous provost, National Day of Mourning offers Canada a chance to rethink worker health and safety, Queens statement on the conflict in Sudan, Queens remembers Professor Emeritus Pierre Gobin, Queen's University looking to add to annual list of monographs. The national debt is now bigger than our economy. We are issuing this Memorandum and statement to the governments and people of the world. Residential schools in Canada were established by the Canadian government in the 1880s to forcefully assimilate Indigenous children into Canadian culture. In this light, the present secret disinterring by the state-funded Tkemlups Band Council of the remains of children at the former Kamloops residential school is a deliberate destruction of a crime scene and an obstruction of justice. Stay up to date with Queen's Events Calendar. If the Queen of England were found guilty in court of any crime, it would be international news. Somethings will always be lost but the work tribes have done to become stronger as a culture and as people shows that identity cannot be beaten out of someone. 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The Indian Civilization Act of 1819 allowed federally ran Indian boarding schools to operate through the United States. *Source of quotes and statistics:Murder by Decree: The Crime of Genocide in Canada A Counter Report to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2016) See www.murderbydecree.com. In our infant/toddler classrooms, you will find an awesome nursery gym and loads of sensory objects for them to explore; in our preschool classrooms, you will find lots of Montessori materials for them to explore as well as a house area to have a tea party with their friends; our school-agers have their own school buses (and drivers), their own size chairs and tables, lots of games and art opportunities, to give just a few examples of our very fun environment. From there, they began moving around to different lumber yards in Michigan for work. But me and a friend saw Brother Murphy and a nun take some little bodies and shove them into the flames. The incinerated included the living, specifically the newborn babies of schoolgirls who became pregnant from staffers.Fellow Kamloops survivor Eddy Jules corroborates, When I was in Senior B, the girls would get pregnant, but theyd never have their kids, you know It was scary, youd hear the incinerator door being opened and hear the big clang and wed know theyd be getting rid of the evidence. Remains of 215 children found buried near school in Canada 02:40 - Source: CNN CNN The gruesome discovery took decades and for some survivors of We need your help. They are our lost relatives. Did you encounter any technical issues? Some people have known all along right, but its in these bits and pieces.. The first forensic evidence that unmarked graves in their hundreds were located at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School was a juvenile rib bone and tooth found beneath the apple orchard. The website of the Republic is www.republicofkanata.caSee the evidence ofgenocide in Canada and globally at www.murderbydecree.comandhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk4g5l7FcFc&list=PLYEnChrKOgm7aRDzbo6yfswzCEdMl2P8e&index=1 andhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyxPFPQjNfg. The information is based on archival records, eyewitness interviews and the research and the public campaigns of Kevin Annett and The Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada (2000-2005), The Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared (2005-2012) and The International Tribunal of Crimes of Church and State (2010-present). But we found no evidence that the royals took Kamloops school children on a picnic from which 10 of the children were abducted. If Combes was a student at the Kamloops school, he doubtlessly underwent extreme trauma and stress as a child under those circumstances. Elizabeth Windsor, the Queen of England, was issued a Letter of Demand yesterday that requires that she identify the fate and burial sites of all the children who died in Indian Residential Schools established under the authority of the Church of England and the British Crown. Colonization at some level becomes complete.. The Letter was handed personally to Governor-General Michaelle Jean by aboriginal elder Carol Martin at the Downtown Eastside Womens' Centre in Vancouver in the afternoon of Wednesday, January 23. Similar crimes against the aboriginal people of the United States exist. A September 2020 report titled Education Equity in Michigan by the Michigan Civil Rights Commission included findings of the Honoring Our Children Initiative from the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan (ITCMI). The same Principals also routinely hired out students as unpaid slave laborers to local white farmers for monetary kickbacks. The Kamloops school was one of many in the Canadian residential school system, and it operated from 1890 to 1978, becoming the largest residential school in Canada with enrollment peaking at 500 in the 1950s. Survivor Sam Adolph was sterilized in 1959 at the age of fourteen, as he describes: They called us the red tag boys. (Chief Louis Daniels, Anishinabe Nation, Patron) Published April 27, 2023 7:00 a.m. PDT. The discovery was made by the Tkemlps te Secwpemc First Nation with the help of a ground-penetrating radar specialist. Watch Witness to murder at Indian Residential School, YouTube video -- 1:13. 2023 Cable News Network. Share. The alleged arrest warrant originated from an unrecognized court and conspiracy website. From its inception as an Oblate Catholic mission in 1890, the Kamloops residential school was an especially notorious Special Treatment center designed to Located in Kamloops, British Columbia, it was once the largest residential school in Canada, with its enrolment peaking at 500 in the 1950s. The still-official claim of only 3200 deaths would mean that only one child died every year in every fifth residential school! Listen to 140 hot rock, pop and electronic tracks, streaming for all decent liberals to hear at Evans Liberal Politics, rated #1 by Google in two categories. Nisgaa Nation, "I gave Kevin Annett his Indian name, Eagle Strong Voice, in 2004 when I adopted him into our Anishinabe Nation. One of the primary methods of achieving an apparently required death rate quota of between one third and one half of the students was the routine practice of exposing healthy children to those sick and dying of tuberculosis and then never treating them. She didnt speak her native language to her children and they werent allowed to tell others they were Native American if asked about their appearance. Eddy Charlie, All Points West. - Dr. Noam Chomsky But the continued position of the Canadian government and its native band council agents, as well as the guilty churches and the media, is that most of the deaths of residential school children were due to natural causes. These rituals involved the centuries-old Satanic child sacrificial cult described in secret Vatican archives as the Ninth Circle. 11. PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION IS ONGOING! Mae and Lillian moved from their tribal lands towards the cities. Annett has propagated other conspiracies on his blog site for years, including one that suggested Canada criminalized measures that would prevent the spread of COVID-19 a claim PolitiFact rated False. Drummers line the front of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to welcome a group of runners from the Syilx Okanagan Nation on June 5, 2021. His great-grandmother, Lillian Pond, belonged to the Sault Ste. US begins its reckoning on Native American children. In keeping with our commitment to reconciliation flowing from the recommendations of Queens Truth and Reconciliation Commission task force and our Friendship Wampum covenant with local Indigenous communities, we send our condolences to the Tkemlps te Secwepemc First Nations for the tragic loss of their children. The residential schools and what took place, doesn't make this sound far fetched at all! 15. In many communities even the knowledge that boarding schools were a thing is relatively new, Freeland said. The event honors those children and families who suffered from the effects of the Boarding School-era and creates opportunities for healing the tribal community. Is there going to be an actual accounting of whats happening or is it going to becoming a white washing of whats going on?. There were two more Indian boarding schools in Michigan located in Baraga and Harbor Springs. "I remember coming home and my grandma asked me to talk Indian to her and I said, 'Grandma, I don't understand you.' They werent able to pinpoint the exact hardships their great-grandmothers faced until their adult years. (signed and witnessed in the original). The Kamloops center was a traditional hotspot of cultic activity involving the ritual torture and murder of children by top officials of the Anglican/Church of England and the Vatican/Roman Catholic Church. We call for them to bring sanctions against Canada and charge its government and churches with Crimes against Humanity. Kamloops Kidz Early Learning Center offers programs for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children. There have been no new COVID-19 variants since Dr. Anthony Fauci retired. Says actor Mike Mitchell died because of a COVID-19 booster shot. This article discusses the atrocities committed in Residential Schools and may be triggering for some readers. Indian agents used force, withheld rations and resorted to imprisonment when they found native people breaking this rule. To do anything less is to defile their memory and any hope for a society free of the murderous legacy of state and church sponsored Genocide. Please consult your doctor before taking any action. It would have cost $1.5 billion. In a now deleted Telegram post, former President Trump congratulated the Navy Seals on a perfect beautiful whack" in Haiti. In operation by the Catholic Church from 1890 to 1969, the Kamloops Indian Residential School reported having up to 500 children registered each year, according to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR). The "education" indigenous children receive in such institutions is sometimes described as forced assimilation. The Queen and Prince Philip were not found guilty in any real court case about missing children, nor issued with a real arrest warrant in connection with the Listen to Kevin and the Voice of the Republic live every Sunday at 6 pm eastern atwww.bbsradio.com/herewestand. From its inception as an Oblate Catholic mission in 1890, the Kamloops residential school was an especially notorious Special Treatment center designed to inflict particularly cruel and severe punishment, experimentation and torture on native children who resisted or ran away more than once. ". There is no trace of the alleged arrest warrant. Over 100 years, they stole our children, she said. We are loath to put the responsibility of identifying those lost on the survivors of Kamloops Indian Residential School, who have been traumatized and re-traumatized already, Casimir said, calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Canadian government to share the attendance records. c/o 1-888-265-1007 (pager) or: As many as 200 graves have been found, according to preliminary results, down from an initial estimate in May of 215, but Beaulieu said that number could be revised higher with more forensic investigation and excavation. Shannon Martin, a leader with the Gun Lake Potawatomie band, called for accountability at the event. ", The post was flagged as part of Facebooks efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. Edit: I have added an more accurate site, instead of what was originally here. I dont know who the doctor was, he was from somewhere else and we never saw him again. It's not a fairy tale. That hasnt happened since World War Two and were in peacetime. : stated on August 11, 2021 an OAN broadcast. Mae passed away in 2002 when Morseau was young. Indigenous leaders have said in recent weeks that what happened in the schools were crimes and that they should be investigated as such. 14. WebPurpose/Function. 13. I am a survivor of the Kamloops and Mission Indian residential schools, both run by the Roman Catholic church. 229 Christian missionaries were sentenced to death in Afghanistan. Those seeking support may wish to contact the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation or Four Directions, both on campus. Canadians and indigenous people are obligated by law and morality to enforce the verdict of that court and of history upon the Canadian state, its churches, and their agents. Its a very sensitive area for us, culturally and historically, he continued. It would be a first step in assisting Tkemlps te Secwpemc in fulfilling their obligations regarding those lost without acknowledgment and as steps towards reconciliation, Casimir said. She was only eight years old. This Public Letter of Demand is issued to you, Elizabeth Windsor, as one who claims the title and fiduciary responsibility of Queen of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, and Head of the Church of England in Canada, aka the Anglican Church. Body disposal at the Kamloops school involved either incineration or interment in secret graves that were located as far away as thirty kilometers from the school. A makeshift memorial has grown around the site of a former Kamloops residential school An indigenous nation in Canada says it has found 751 unmarked Forgotten No More: Secretary Deb Haaland Announces Task Force For Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women. I can say accurately that half of them fail to survive to take advantage of the education we offer. (1949). Institute Professor Emeritus -- Winner, Best Foreign Documentary Film, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, March 2007, Best Director of a Foreign Documentary, New York Independent Film Festival, October 2006 What I can say is that I know and I still feel that it wasnt pleasant.. We have to continue to be that intervention.. Healing within their communities is important for tribes to break down the longstanding suffering Native Americans gained as a result of the Indian Boarding Schools and to prevent the continuation of intergenerational trauma. I don't remember their names, just an occasional first name like Cecilia and there was an Edward. The school, initially known as the Kamloops Industrial School, was opened in 1890 and remained in operation until 1978. We have three amazing campuses to serve you and provide programs for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children. I remember it was strange because they came by themselves, no big fanfare or nothing. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "As a long time front line worker with the Elders' Council at the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, I stand behind what Kevin Annett is trying to do for our people. 1. When I came home, I started fighting with my family. Growing up in the Ann Arbor area, Morseau would hear stories as a child about the boarding schools, but only once or twice and never for too long. ", In 1883, the United States passed a religious crimes code that banned native people from practicing native dancing and ceremonies, including the Sun Dance, Ghost Dance, potlatches, and the practices of medicine persons.. WebThat fact check is the fake bs. Principal and Vice Chancellor, RahswahrhaMark Green This bill was meant to address the cultural genocide and human rights violations that occurred in the Indian Boarding Schools. In September 1964 when I was 12 years old, I was an inmate at the Kamloops school and we were visited by the Queen of England and Prince Phillip.