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This section of the archive is open for community.
If you attended one of the residential schools in this archive, we invite you to submit a memory of your time there so that others may learn the truth about what you experienced. Click on the Share your Memories Button and a submissions box will appear. If you would like to include a photograph, click on the Choose File Button in the Upload a Photo Section. You can include your name or remain anonymous. Once you are done, simply click Submit. All stories are reviewed by an Indigenous Advisory Group prior to appearing in the archive. Sharing memories can be triggering and we encourage all contributors to please seek support if needed. Some sources of support include: Indian Residential School Survivors and Family, 1-800-721-0066; National Indian Residential School Crisis Line 1-866-925-4419.
Donna Axe Running Rabbit- I Just Pushed Him
Then I told that Miss Nash what had happened in th…
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Donna Axe Running Rabbit- Finally I Got Fed Up
I think when I was nine years old. I started to ru…
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Donna Axe Running Rabbit- You Better Not Tattle
I would tell her, “I am going to tell my mother wh…
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Mandel Old Woman- It’s Making Me Hurt
And at nights you get hungry but what are you supp…
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Mandel Old Woman- Every Little Thing You Get Punished For
It’s just so miserable out there. You never get to…
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Mandel Old Woman- It’s Worse than Being in Jail
For a four year old doing that, and mopping and sc…
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Mandel Old Woman- We Went Back and He Strapped Us
When we were out there, we almost froze that’s why…
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Rita Jane Many Guns- What I Don’t Want My Kids to Go Through
I wanted them to speak English when they went to s…
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Rita Jane Many Guns- And Then Another Time
I went to the bathroom we were already in bed, I g…
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Rita Jane Many Guns- I was Terrified of Her and I was Scared
She noticed me, that I couldn’t pronounce yellow….
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