Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

January 5, 2010

Survivors of Canadian Residential Schools Plan Civil Disruptions of BC Olympics

British Columbia Olympics to Face Civil Disruptions by Survivors of Canadian Indian Residential schools -
Government Given Deadline for Return of Bodies
By Hidden from History
http://www.hiddenfromhistory.org
VANCOUVER -- The group representing survivors of Indian residential schools on Canada's west coast announced today that it will hold civil disobedience actions and disruptions during the February 2010 Olympics near Vancouver if the Canadian government and mainline churches have not announced a timetable for the repatriation of the remains of the thousands of children who died in these schools.
The Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared (FRD), which held high-profile protests and occupations of churches in Vancouver and Toronto during 2007 and 2008 and compelled the Canadian government to issue an apology for the residential schools in July, 2008, has given Canada and the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada until February 15, 2010 to announce when and how they will return for a proper burial the remains of Indian children who died under their care.
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http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2010/01/survivors-of-canadian-residential.html

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