Mass Graves of Canadian Children

28 grave sites have been reported, each associated with an Indian Residential School. In other words, these were native children that were taken away from their tribes and families to be raised in a religious school where they were given English names and denied their original language, culture, religion, and identity. When they died, for whatever reason, they were denied even a Christian burial, much less one of their people's faith. Their parents were not even told they had died.

Ancient history, you say? The last of these "schools" closed in 1998.

What is the word for a systematic attempt to wipe out an entire people and their culture? Oh, yes: Genocide.

Oh, and before we dump all the shame on Canada, let's not forget that we did the same thing in the USA.

We need to remember these things, as horrible as they are, lest we do them again.

NEVER FORGET!

Thanks to Stageleft and JJ.