Residential school victims speak out

CANADA
Leader-Post

By Kerry Benjoe, Leader-Post
January 18, 2012

For the past two days residential school survivors had the opportunity to speak publicly about their experiences.

As a large crowd gathered in the atrium of the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv), the smell of sweetgrass lingered in the air.

One by one survivors recounted their experiences to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

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