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Canadians support criminalizing residential school denialism: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/most-canadians-support-criminalizing-residential-school-denialism-poll-finds-1.7100756 #cdnpoli #polcan #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #polMTL #MTLpoli #truthandreconciliation
#Navy apologizes 142 years after shelling and burning an #Alaska #Native village to oblivion
"'The Navy recognizes the pain and suffering inflicted upon the #Tlingit people,' said the commander of the Navy’s northwest region."
AP, October 28, 2024
"Shells fell on the Alaska Native village as winter approached, and then sailors landed and burned what was left of homes, food caches and canoes. Conditions grew so dire in the following months that elders sacrificed their own lives to spare food for surviving children.
"It was Oct. 26, 1882, in Angoon, a Tlingit village of about 420 people in the southeastern Alaska panhandle. Now, 142 years later, the perpetrator of the bombardment — the #USNavy —has apologized.
"Rear Adm. Mark Sucato, the commander of the Navy’s northwest region, issued the apology during an at-times emotional ceremony Saturday, the anniversary of the atrocity.
"'The Navy recognizes the pain and suffering inflicted upon the#TlingitPeople, and we acknowledge these wrongful actions resulted in the loss of life, the loss of resources, the loss of culture, and created and inflicted #IntergenerationalTrauma on these clans,' he said during the ceremony, which was livestreamed from Angoon. 'The Navy takes the significance of this action very, very seriously and knows an apology is long overdue.'
"While the rebuilt Angoon received $90,000 in a settlement with the Department of Interior in 1973, village leaders have for decades sought an apology as well, beginning each yearly remembrance by asking three times, 'Is there anyone here from the Navy to apologize?'
"'You can imagine the generations of people that have died since 1882 that have wondered what had happened, why it happened, and wanted an apology of some sort, because in our minds, we didn’t do anything wrong,' said Daniel Johnson Jr., a tribal head in #Angoon.
"The attack was one of a series of conflicts between the American military and Alaska Natives in the years after the U.S. bought the territory from Russia in 1867. The U.S. Navy issued an apology last month for destroying the nearby village of Kake in 1869, and the Army has indicated that it plans to apologize for shelling Wrangell, also in southeast Alaska, that year, though no date has been set.
"The Navy acknowledges the actions it undertook or ordered in Angoon and #Kake caused deaths, a loss of resources and multigenerational trauma, Navy civilian spokesperson Julianne Leinenveber said in an email prior to the event.
"'An apology is not only warranted, but long overdue,' she said."
#TruthAndReconciliation #LandBack #Genocide #CulturalGenocide #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAlaskans #NativeAlaskanHistory #BurnYourVillageToTheGround #200Blankets
Canada needs a museum that tells the Indigenous history no-holds-barred, and shares the Indigenous art and culture with pride #residentialschools #truthandreconciliation #IndigenousHistory #FirstNations #Canada
https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/10/21/what-a-museum-on-residential-schools-could-do-for-us/438378/
Rustad’s Indigenous policy announcement adds insult to injury, say First Nations
#IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations #IndigenousRights #DRIPA #TruthAndReconciliation #BritishColumbia #Canada #Politics #JohnRustad #RespectIndigenousVoices #BCConservatives
https://the-14.com/rustads-indigenous-policy-announcement-adds-insult-to-injury-say-first-nations/
Reflections on the Canadian Medical Association’s apology to Indigenous Peoples
#IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousHealth #IndigenousRights #Reconciliation #TruthAndReconciliation #Canada #Racism #Health #Apology #CMAApology #AntiRacism #MedicalRacism
https://the-14.com/reflections-on-the-canadian-medical-associations-apology-to-indigenous-peoples/
Yesterday, on the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, I had the privilege of attending a ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History to unveil the new residential schools monument, created by Kwagu’l master carver Stanley C. Hunt. Taking its inspiration from the traditional west coast totem pole, it is both ominous and inspiring. #OrangeShirtDay #TruthAndReconciliation
A Strong Labour Movement Must Fight For Indigenous Workers #IndigenousPeoples #TruthAndReconciliation #Indigenous #Canada #wokersrights #IndigenousWorkers #unions
https://www.readthemaple.com/a-strong-labour-movement-must-fight-for-indigenous-workers
🧡 Today is the National Day for #TruthandReconciliation in Canada 🇨🇦. On September 30th Canadians mark a day of remembrance for the institutional harms we caused to Indigenous people and their children through residential school and the ongoing colonial restrictions and prejudices practiced that prevent true reconciliation. In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released 94 calls to action, we have yet to complete them all, here are those calls: 🧵
https://crc-canada.org/en/ressources/calls-to-action-truth-reconciliation-commission-canada/
Walk with residential school survivors on Sept. 30 for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
https://www.hashilthsa.com/news/2024-09-27/walk-residential-school-survivors-sept-30-national-day-truth-and-reconciliation
Today, on Truth and Reconciliation Day, I'm grateful for the opportunity to support a local Indigenous organization. The atrocities committed against Indigenous peoples are a dark stain on our nation's history. Let's acknowledge these past wrongs, learn from them, and actively work towards reconciliation. #TruthAndReconciliation #indigenous #canada #ottawa #orange
September 30 is #TruthAndReconciliation day in Canada. What we, non-Indigenous people, can do?
- Access learning resources on the website of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: https://nctr.ca/
- Find an event near you to commemorate the day. https://www.timescolonist.com/life/events-to-mark-national-truth-and-reconciliation-day-on-vancouver-island-9585961
- Learn, listen.
I have learnt a lot about the Indigenous peoples of this land since I immigrated here over 30 years ago and I still have so much to learn. 🧡
Be shocked by the words if you must, but Residential Schools are our Canadian Holocaust. It was genocide. Therefore, I am absolutely in favour of Leah Gazan's private member's bill to criminalize denialism of that reality.
This is what Germany does about Nazism. And it is correct.
#TruthAndReconciliation #Canada #CanPoli #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters #Indigenous #FirstNations #ResidentialSchools
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-mp-private-members-bill-residential-school-denialism-1.7334916
