First Nations Experiences

Residential Schools

Special thanks to Survivors Riley Burns and Ed Bitternose. Survivor testimony in this episode was provided by the Legacy of Hope Foundation. Additional resources include University of Regina’s Shattering Silence and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report, Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future.

Thanks to our consultants: David Perley, a Wolastoqi scholar from Tobique First Nation and the Director of the Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre and Brian Maracle (Owennatekha), an author, journalist, and teacher, and a member of the Mohawk First Nation.

Illustrations by Halie Finney.

Additional reading:

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports
• Final Report: National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
• Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples