CANADA
CBS News
Twenty-four names have been engraved in a stone erected outside a Chapel Island school.
The newly-unveiled monument erected outside of Mi’kmawey School recognizes members of the community forced to endure residential schools.
Between 1923 and 1967, many native children were taken from their families and sent to the Shubenacadie School, where some were subjected to physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
Thursday’s unveiling ceremony honoured the victims — but also focused on those living in the community now.
During the ceremony, elementary school children read the names of those uprooted from their home community many decades ago and sent to Shubenacadie.
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