Thank you Michelle for a very comprehensive, articulate and informative article. I enjoyed reading it very much. Kimberly Murray's outrageous, inaccurate and inflammatory comments clearly indicate she has crossed the Rubicon of reason and legitimacy and shows no signs of stopping. But of course, why should she. There is absolutely no one in government with the cahones to rein her in and she knows it. Why should she listen to the voice of reason when the voices of all those lost children are screaming out for her attention. Only in Canada, you say, pity.
"The voice of reason is inaudible to irrational people".— Mardy Grothe
Take 100 families in an era when the average family had ten children, with maybe 7 surviving to adulthood. That would mean 300 babies, infants, and children dying every generation. Over three generations you would have a significant number of child deaths. Canadian First Nations didn’t mark graves. People died, and they were buried. No markers. If a priest marked a grave it would have been with a wooden cross. Which might last ten years. So, yes there will be 1000s of ‘unmarked’ graves. It wasn’t the custom.
That is too funny I am a daily Ancestry user and have never ever seen even one case of an American Indian genocide regarding any indian residential school in Canada. However their is loads of information regarding Canadian Indian Tribes all over Canada committing genocide against their own people. Do your own research people.
Are you referring to me wanting teachers to pay? I was being facetious. As most teachers where I live are super left and quite okay with collectivizing guilt.
I do have a solution though vis a vis reparations. There were bad things that happened. Performed by teachers of these children. Pedophiles would have been attracted to these jobs as it gave them unfettered access with no oversight. So, lets ding every teacher 10% of their pay, and 10 % of their pensions, to pay for the sins of the other teachers. Seems fair to me. We collectivize guilt now, right?
There have been many dozens of investigations, some trials, some justice, and also now $60billion in compensation...plus apologies and establishment of support services. Only 1/6th of eligible Indigenous children went to IRS.
Thank you Michelle for a very comprehensive, articulate and informative article. I enjoyed reading it very much. Kimberly Murray's outrageous, inaccurate and inflammatory comments clearly indicate she has crossed the Rubicon of reason and legitimacy and shows no signs of stopping. But of course, why should she. There is absolutely no one in government with the cahones to rein her in and she knows it. Why should she listen to the voice of reason when the voices of all those lost children are screaming out for her attention. Only in Canada, you say, pity.
"The voice of reason is inaudible to irrational people".— Mardy Grothe
Take 100 families in an era when the average family had ten children, with maybe 7 surviving to adulthood. That would mean 300 babies, infants, and children dying every generation. Over three generations you would have a significant number of child deaths. Canadian First Nations didn’t mark graves. People died, and they were buried. No markers. If a priest marked a grave it would have been with a wooden cross. Which might last ten years. So, yes there will be 1000s of ‘unmarked’ graves. It wasn’t the custom.
Powerful, well-written, and compelling piece!
Kimberly Murray is a biased radical.
A most excellent piece by Michelle Stirling! It makes a great rebuttal (and more) to an OpEd in today's Victoria Times Colonist written by two Indigenous members of the Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples, Senators Michèle Audette and Brian Francis. https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comment-communities-reeling-from-residential-school-revelations-need-support-7361125
Thanks for the heads up on the story, Jack.
I put together a compilation of my essays on this topic - feel free to share with anyone. https://michellestirling.com/2023/07/28/ambiguous-losses-epidemics-orphans-and-unmarked-graves/
Thanks, Michelle, much appreciated.
That is too funny I am a daily Ancestry user and have never ever seen even one case of an American Indian genocide regarding any indian residential school in Canada. However their is loads of information regarding Canadian Indian Tribes all over Canada committing genocide against their own people. Do your own research people.
sorry for an error should be there not their
Bro whattttt??????? Check ur head.
Are you referring to me wanting teachers to pay? I was being facetious. As most teachers where I live are super left and quite okay with collectivizing guilt.
Sorry. Can't always read the tone in online comments. Got it.
I do have a solution though vis a vis reparations. There were bad things that happened. Performed by teachers of these children. Pedophiles would have been attracted to these jobs as it gave them unfettered access with no oversight. So, lets ding every teacher 10% of their pay, and 10 % of their pensions, to pay for the sins of the other teachers. Seems fair to me. We collectivize guilt now, right?
There have been many dozens of investigations, some trials, some justice, and also now $60billion in compensation...plus apologies and establishment of support services. Only 1/6th of eligible Indigenous children went to IRS.