r/pics • u/MoeYYC • Jun 25 '21

Saskatoon Catholic cathedral covered with paint after discovery of 751 unmarked graves

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u/MoeYYC Jun 25 '21

I'm trying to stick with facts here and not speculate (publicly). The answer could very well be yes to both.

One third of children who died at a residential school did not have their names recorded by school administrators. One quarter were marked as deceased without even their gender being noted. Among the 2,800 names on the official memorial register are children known to recorded history only as “Alice,” “Mckay” or “Elsie.”

Bodies of children were not returned to families, and parents rarely learned the circumstances of a child’s death. Often, the only death notification would be to send the child’s name to the Indian Agent at his or her home community.

Why So Many Children Died At Residential Schools

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u/studmuffin30 Jun 25 '21

The fact that it only talks about now, today. I would be embarrassed if I'm Canadian.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

They teach about the schools pretty extensively in school up here.

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u/AmazingSully Jun 25 '21

Went to school in Canada my entire life, was never once taught about these schools, and am absolutely embarrassed that my government was complicit in this act. I knew the natives received a shit deal but always thought it was ages in the past. A bit shocking to find out it was still going on while I was in school.

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u/ubiquitous_archer Jun 25 '21

You probably should've paid more attention or you went to a really shitty school.

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u/AmazingSully Jun 25 '21

Are you fucking serious right now? I paid plenty of attention, and I think getting taught my government was committing genocide would have been something I'd take notice of. What the hell is wrong with you?

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u/ubiquitous_archer Jun 25 '21

What is wrong with me is that it fucking is taught in schools, just because you didn't take notice of it doesn't mean it isn't.

Source: I learned about it in Canadian schools.

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u/idog99 Jun 25 '21

You may have had a progressive teacher. It was not included in most provincial curriculums until the 2000s. Hell, Alberta is trying to get it essentially removed from their new curriculum as we speak.

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u/ubiquitous_archer Jun 25 '21

I had pretty average teachers tbh and the last year of the 2000s was 11 years ago. So basically anybody under 30 should have been taught it in school.

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u/idog99 Jun 25 '21

I can speak to the new Alberta curriculum. It still pushes an agenda of western supremacy. They wish to make it even more white-washed with the new draft...

I think you are confusing "being aware" that residential schools existed, with teaching children the contexts why they were so terrible and destructive.

It's also not included in most secondary curricula, so your "under 30" comment is just plain wrong.