Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: 'Unthinkable' discovery in Canada as remains of 215 children found buried near residential school [View all]Andy Canuck
(283 posts)19. It's genocide
Its always been genocide and continues to be genocide. Its been genocide since Europeans landed on the Americas and became codified into law when countries were created and continues today. There were 100 million indigenous people in the Americas before European arrival and there are 3 million indigenous people now. And the genocide continues. Until we accept what we have to stop we wont be able to stop the genocide.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
51 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
'Unthinkable' discovery in Canada as remains of 215 children found buried near residential school [View all]
Omaha Steve
May 2021
OP
Just taking the kids from their lands and families and teaching them to be white is and was torture.
Botany
May 2021
#3
The story immediately reminded me of the Mount Cashel Orphanage in N & L.
Pacifist Patriot
May 2021
#11
Yes, for most of its years. But the Fed govt took it over in the late 60's till it shut down
pnwmom
May 2021
#38
Wasn't there a similar philosophy and practice in Australia, with aboriginal children? nt
pnwmom
May 2021
#39
Canada has its own reparations to make. Sick as our history, or England, or France, or.....
Evolve Dammit
May 2021
#10
Canada has created a truth and reconciliation commission to expose what happened
Fiendish Thingy
May 2021
#22
That is what is needed. It is the only way to acknowledge the truth and make amends.
Evolve Dammit
May 2021
#41
I think it has for a while been incorporated into a tribe's land and is a park w limited access
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2021
#51
The parents definitely were not "sending" their kids to this institution. The state kidnapped the
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2021
#36
Human trafficking, slavery, and child murder to please someone's money-grubbing jealous deity
Aldemelod
May 2021
#20
You are correct, and because of jurisdiction bullshit, the bastards usually get away with it.
Jay25
May 2021
#31
Sadly, that's what most settlers have done to native populations when the came in uninvited
AZLD4Candidate
May 2021
#40
Are any autopsies being done? Did these kids die from some sudden epidemic?
JustABozoOnThisBus
May 2021
#48