Category: indigenous peoples
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Indigenous peoples
112 Canadian churches vandalized and burned
Since the allegations of “mass graves” on Canadian residential school grounds began in 2021, more than a hundred of the country’s churches have been burned or vandalized. A list of these churches is being compiled by True North News, and…
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Indigenous peoplesPrivate property rights finally planned for Indigenous British Columbians
Few Canadians realize that the majority of Indigenous peoples in BC aren’t allowed to own land like everyone else can. They are shackled by the…
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Indigenous peoplesResidential schools: the lesson that’s being lost
As history teachers never fail to remind us, “those who don’t learn their history are doomed to repeat it.” The double meaning is most often…
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Indigenous peoplesA call to action: loving our Indigenous neighbors
Many Canadians, Christians included, are unfamiliar with the painful history of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Chief Dan George, born in North Vancouver and former leader…
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Indigenous peoplesThe Truth matters: analyzing the facts beneath “mass burials” at residential schools
“Searches for unmarked graves at the site of a former northern Ontario residential school have uncovered 171 ‘plausible burials’…” That’s what The Globe and Mail…
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Indigenous peoplesTruth & reconciliation is possible, but not as it is being popularized
Until recent decades, “victimhood” was definitely not a status that people would deliberately embrace. In fact, many who were actual victims would do their very…
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AssortedTragedy, resistance, and change: Glimpses into the Lejac Residential School near Fraser Lake, BC
The following is based on numerous original letters, reports and other primary source correspondence that is available online. It attempts to provide some insights and…
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HistoryResidential schools: what worldview is to blame?
We’ve seen at least ten Canadian churches burnt down and others damaged by fire since unmarked graves at two former residential schools became front page…
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HistoryResidential schools and the devastation of State-perpetrated family breakup
For the past several months, Canada has been convulsed by the heartbreaking rediscovery of hundreds—and likely thousands—of child graves outside residential schools where Indigenous children…
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Christian educationNo other gods
The Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action #64 is a challenge to Christian churches and schools… and the First Commandment **** Last year Canada’s…
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Indigenous peoplesLooking at two more of the TRC’s Calls to Action
The goal of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools – which were run by churches along with the government – was to educate, but also convert and…