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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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St. George's School, Lytton, BC
St. George's School, Lytton, BC

Survivors speak out

1970s and 1980s
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In the 1970s, there was a swell of Survivors' voices speaking out about the abuse and injustices that took place at these “schools,” and from the late 1980s, Survivors turned to the courts in greater numbers. For example, in April 1988, eight Survivors from St. George’s Indian Residential School in Lytton, B.C., successfully brought charges against Derek Clarke, a dormitory supervisor, for sexual abuse. Clarke had worked at the Anglican-run school from 1966 to 1973.

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