We Stand Together: Elder Dr. David Courchene

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On May 27, the First Nations community was shaken when the remains of  215 First Nations children were found in unmarked graves on what was once a residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Some of the children were as young as three years old.

These are the voices of our First Nations pained by the loss, frustrated by systemic racism and oppression, and the stories of survivors who lived through horrific conditions at these schools.

The news of these lost children pained Nii Gaani Aki Inini (Leading Earth Man), Elder Dr. David Courchene of The Turtle Lodge International Centre for Indigenous Education and Wellness in Sagkeeng First Nation. He now turns his thoughts to today's and tomorrow's children and asking what sort of world will we leave for them.

A helpline for residential school survivors can be reached at 1-866-925-4419.