CANADA
CBC News
A dark chapter in Canadian history is being remembered in Red Deer today as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission public hearings looking at the impact of residential schools got underway.
The national commission was established in 2008 to record stories, educate and help with healing.
An eagle feather and box of tissues were passed around a sharing circle in the Red Deer College gym during the start of the two-day event.
Residential school survivors talked about the loneliness and physical labour. They remembered being forbidden to speak their language and going without shoes.
“We’ve gone through so much and now we need to move on. It takes each and every one of us to start that process,” said Adeline Sampson-Harvey, who travelled from Hobbema to take part.
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