Makivik Magazine Issue 101

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car towards an inevitable accident,” he said, “the drivers are at
fault, but not the car itself. Blaming the car will only maintain
the wrongdoings. The majority of the car drivers are no longer
alive. Yet, some may wish to proceed through forgiveness. But
it is not mandatory. There is no obligation to forgive the drivers.
But there is one to move forward, by stepping out of the car
and choosing your next vehicle and destination—for you, your
grandchildren, your community.”
Joé Juneau, also an Honorary Witness to the event, reflected
on the youth that he has the chance to meet and work with in
Nunavik. He was touched by the resilience and the strength
deployed by the survivors at the national event who shared their
tragic experiences to a majority yet unaware of their realities.
The expressions of courage he witnessed renewed the exact reasons
why he is involved with young hockey players in Nunavik.
One grandmother contrasted the situation of her grandchildren
who now have daily access to their mother, with her own
childhood situation of living in a heartless residential school.
Whenever her grandchildren are sleeping over, they are calling
for their mother, “Can I phone her to wish her good day, or to
tell her about my dreams or nightmares,” they ask. Because they
are with family, in security, in an environment they know and in
which they are loved. She questioned, “In residential schools,
how many times did I call for my mother?”
“Look inside yourself, you can heal,” advocated Wayne Nichols
from the Malecite Nation. His written message was read by his
cousin while a five year old girl stood beside the reader, cheek
to cheek, shoulder to shoulder, protective and supportive: “All
Canadians should be warriors in pursuing harmony.” It ended with
two little hands strongly nested on the reader’s arm.
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“Two primary objectives of the residential school system were to
remove and isolate children from the influence of their homes, families,
traditions and cultures, and to assimilate them into the dominant
culture. These objectives were based on the assumption Aboriginal
cultures and spiritual beliefs were inferior and unequal. Indeed, some
sought, as it was infamously said, “to kill the Indian in the child.” Today,
we recognize that this policy of assimilation was wrong, has caused
great harm, and has no place in our country.” - Prime Minister Stephen
Harper, official apology, June 11, 2008;
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Davin, Nicholas Flood. Report on Industrial Schools for Indians and
Half-breeds. Ottawa, ON. 1879.
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Thus remained the wording “Indian Residential Schools” at the
Settlement Agreement, as agreed upon at the negotiation table at
an earlier stage.
* Truth and Reconciliation Commissions are used around the world
in situations where countries want to reconcile and resolve policies
or practices, typically of the state, that have left legacies of harm.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a non-adversarial way
to allow residential school survivors to share their stories and experiences
and, according to the Department of Indian Affairs, will
“facilitate reconciliation among former students, their families, their
communities and all Canadians” for “a collective journey toward a
more unified Canada.”
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