This provincial government plaque is dated 2019, when words like "isolation" and "segregation" were no longer sufficient descriptions to account for the mental and physical abuse Indigenous children suffered at the hands of their "teachers", to say nothing of the effects that abuse had on the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren of these children.
The plaque notes that children as young as four resided at this school, yet bodies as young as three were found among the 215 unmarked graves hidden on its grounds.
Stories of missing/disappeared children led to the use of ground-detecting radar in response to the question of "Where?". Forensic lab work will provide evidence of "Who?", "When?" and "How?". As for the "Why?", we have been learning "Why?", and as a settler I am ashamed.
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