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March 31, 2017

‘Spiritual abuse’ from residential schools had deep roots for First Nations

In this 1940 photo, a group of female students and a nun pose in a classroom at Cross Lake Indian Residential School in Manitoba. Blair Stonechild, a professor of indigenous studies at First Nations University of Canada, says the residential school periods in Canada was “spiritual abuse” and has deep roots.

Blair Stonechild knows first-hand the devastating effects residential schools had on First Nations spirituality.

Published in Canada