Canada: Shocking Reports of Boarding Schools where 6,000 Indigenous Children Have Died | World

• Canada searches for the bodies of thousands of missing Indigenous children
• What do we know about the history of the old boarding school

The aim of these institutions was to integrate indigenous children into European culture, thus destroying their languages ​​and cultures.

Shingoose lived for nine years in the Saskatchewan provincial unit, one of more than 130 in the country, where he reports being physically and mentally assaulted.

“We suffered all kinds of abuse. We were beaten if we spoke our language,” she said.

In 2008, the Canadian government formally apologized for the system.

The country’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, said it was a “painful reminder” of a “shameful chapter in our country’s history.”

It is estimated that 6,000 children have been killed in institutions.

In May 2021, the remains of 215 children were found in a mass grave in the province of British Columbia, in western Canada. (see the video below).

They were students at Kamloops Residential School, which closed in 1978.

Survivors are still awaiting an apology from the Catholic Church, which has been involved in the administration of the schools.

“In 2016, I sent a message to Pope Francis. It was sent, and we never received a response,” reports Shingoose, who tells his story in this video.