Although there is now a wide body of public information about residential schools, many people continue to have limited knowledge about them. That provides fertile ground for misinformation.
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The author led a search for unmarked graves at the site of Blue Quills, a former residential school. She found more areas of interest (potential graves) than the official record shows.
As the number of unmarked graves found will likely only increase over the months and years to come, we can’t forget that every child matters.
We must recognize and understand the harms that malnutrition and nutrition experiments on Indigenous people caused and the legacy they have left.
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Associate Professor, Dept. of History, Classics, & Religion and the Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta
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University of Alberta
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Director of the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology, University of Alberta
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Allison Daniel is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Professor, Food, Nutrition and Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia
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Director, Indigenous Initiatives, MacEwan University