The Government of Canada has designated June as National Indigenous History Month and June 21 as National Indigenous Peoples Day. It is a time for recollections about when the First Nation’s children were separated from family, language, religion, and culture.
Recently we discovered that children were buried in clusters of unmarked graves in British Columbia. On these days of remembering, we can only conclude that other unmarked graves exist across Canada and beyond.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked the Canadian bishops for an apology. At this moment it has not yet been received.
May we honor indigenous people not only during this month but on each day.
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2021/06/11/215-graves-indigenous-children-kamloops-residential-school-oblates-catholic-church?fbclid=IwAR1Ha-pfpO_URM7Kw8sxFa08d9R2R42sme5gMTXWi4GKfMjSU8NPyWx_aY8