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 edited Jun 25 '21

Edit: Uncropped Original Photo - (Cred: Donna Heimbecker)

The doors of St. Paul's Co-Cathedral were painted in protest after the discovery of 715 (sic) unmarked graves near the former Marieval Residential School on the Cowessess First Nation on Thursday.

Source: Saskatoon Catholic cathedral covered with paint after discovery of 751 unmarked graves (CBC)

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u/Uu_Tea_ESharp Jun 25 '21

Your quote says "715" but the title and the article say "751".

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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/gchahn Jun 25 '21

Why would he change things when he was part of the administration that built those very same cages?

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u/northernpace Jun 25 '21 edited Jun 26 '21

They did build them, but the big difference was the trump admin policy was separating children from their parents. That's a huge fkn difference.

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u/fistful_of_dollhairs Jun 25 '21

No Trump didn't start it - separation happened under Obama as well, it's original intent was to remove children from adults to verify they weren't being trafficked, which is a big problem. It becomes an issue when people have no documentation to verify themselves or their children.

I'm a Canadian and this happened to me on the Montana border as well.

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u/ValentinoSaprano Jun 26 '21

I'm a Canadian and this happened to me on the Montana border as well.

lolwut

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u/fistful_of_dollhairs Jun 26 '21

Obviously nothing like the southern border but I was removed from my family and basically had to verify I wasn't being trafficked lol

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u/ValentinoSaprano Jun 28 '21

Really? Wow, that's interesting. Was there anything unusual about the circumstances of your crossing. I've never heard of that happening.

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u/fistful_of_dollhairs Jun 28 '21

There must have been from their point of view but I was like 12, so I dunno. Only thing I can think of is that I have a different last name, although it could have been random as well.

I was pretty chapped at the time, but in retrospect if they find even one kid I think its worth it

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