I did the math on the Kamloops residential school controversy.
The school opened in 1890 as a work camp, and the Indian day school opened in 1893.
It ran until 1969 under the Catholic Church, and until ‘73 under the federal govt.
So if we divide 215 victims by the 76 years it was open, we get 2.8 kids per year. I think its safe to round that up to a solid 3.
Kamloops Indian Residential School killed about 3 kids per year, for 76 years.
This is Canada’s history. Don’t forget it.
And the number could be higher since they haven’t scanned the whole school grounds and that number doesn’t include children whose deaths were documented and buried by their families
I would also like to point out that many of the same kinds of schools were throughout Canada and the United States.
The documented deaths was reported as 50 to the Truth and Reconciliation Committee back in ’08 iirc
It’s truly a sad and sickening event
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