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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.
Marcel Muskego- It Wasn’t Easy Being There
Not in public but they had the classroom doors ope…
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John Janvier- Not Allowed to Speak Our Language
We were not allowed to speak our language. If we w…
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John Janvier- I Was Lonely All the Time
There was a big room like this with cots and we ea…
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John Janvier- I Was Taken Away
But anyway, my first experience really was lonelin…
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Eric Large- Indigenous People are Still Being Controlled
Indigenous people are still being controlled by th…
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Felix Muskego- The Many Lost Years
Made you pray, maybe seven times a day. Go to chur…
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Jerry Wood- I Don’t Remember Too Many Happy Times
So I can’t really remember too many happy times ou…
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Jerry Wood- When It Was My Turn
I mean, we got there then they separated us from t…
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Agnes Gendron- That Fateful Day
We grew up, I remember my childhood, it was always…
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Alex Janvier- Undeniably, We Lived in Fear
I became, I’m a famous artist today, because of th…
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