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The records on our site emerge from the cultural and physical genocide that the Canadian government and churches conducted through the Indian Residential School System, including the ongoing impacts.

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Gladys We Never Knew
https://www.bctf.ca/GladysWeNeverKnew/

TO BE WORKED ON USING INFO FROM THE FAMILY AND HERE: https://thetyee.ca/News/2015/07/04/The-Gladys-We-Never-Knew/. This is an interactive resource that describes the residential school experience of Gladys Chapman in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Gladys attended Kamloops Residential School and died alone in Royal Inland Hospital in 1931 after falling ill. She was just twelve years old. This resource consists of films, videos, documents, articles, and activities that shed light on Gladys' experience and on residential schools in Canada.

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