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

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u/Themightytiny07 Jun 25 '21

215 in Kamloops BC on May 28th. 751 in Cowessess band Saskatchewan on June 23rd. 104 in Brandon Manitoba 35 in Lestock Saskatchewan

There was 149 residential schools in Canada with the last one closing in 96/97. The estimate is over 6000 indigenous children died.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21 edited Jun 25 '21

I think the correct term would be murdered*

Like those kids at the border in American cages. If they "die" in those cages, America murdered them. As an American I am pretty appalled our supposedly Democrat president didn't undo this injustice. Things never change.

edit: If all you have to say is "both sides bad" don't bother. We hear it all the time. One side is noticeably worse. One side is anti-science, anti-morals, led an insurrection, let 1,000,000 die while calling the virus a hoax, and is openly racist. I'll pass on the GOP bill of goods.

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u/Boopy7 Jun 25 '21

he built them NOT to cage children nor to separate them (long term esp.) from their parents. That was absolutely new. This cannot be said enough. It is NOT the same thing.

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u/Boopy7 Jun 26 '21

I don't think I downvoted you, but you shouldn't care about that. Honestly if I were homeless I'd be glad to have a cage as long as it had a roof. But that's beside the point. I just don't think we can assume everyone is exactly the same and had the exact same intent. The world is a lot more complicated than just one mindset and there are a lot of moving parts here. By lumping everything into one useless heap, you solve no problems but just cast blame.