09:30 | Toronto, Oct 19.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to restore relations with Indigenous peoples by visiting a former government boarding school in western Canada, where 215 unidentified graves were found allegedly containing the remains of Indigenous children.
During his visit to tk’emlúps te secwépemc and the city of Kamloops, Trudeau saw forced to apologize on several occasions for his decision to go on vacation with his family on September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which was celebrated for the first time this year in the country in remembrance of the victims of the school residence system.
“I am here today to say that I wish I had been here a few weeks ago and that Deep regret. But I’m here to take the outstretched hand of Tk’emlúps te secwépemc and many other Indigenous Canadians across the country, ”Trudeau told Indigenous leaders.
Tk’emlúps te secwépemc tribal chief Rosanne Casimir said that I accepted the apologies offered by Trudeau, but added that actions are needed and not just words.
In the same vein, RoseAnne Archibald, chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), which brings together all the indigenous peoples of the country except the Inuit, said that the excuses no longer serve.
Archibald told Trudeau that she had already visited Kamloops three times, as the miners are buried there and he demanded “justice” for them.
“They deserve, above all, the dignity of being appointed and that they be returned, ceremonially or physically, to their homes,” the tribal chief told Trudeau, before asking that those responsible for the deaths of the children be charged.
In one of these school residences, in the city of Kamloops, the tk’emlúps te secwépemc In May of this year, they found 215 unidentified graves that are believed to contain the remains of some of the children who were forcibly held in the institution.
Following the announcement of tk’emlúps te secwépemc, other indigenous groups reported the discovery of other unidentified graves on the grounds of former school residences. So far, a total of 1,275 graves associated with these centers have been identified.
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