2012年4月19日星期四

Regina students honour residential school victims

Two hundred and sixty one small, colourful tiles lined the tables of St. Bernadette School on Thursday.

Their designs were different, but many of them shared similar themes. A number of hearts could be seen — some full, others broken. Many crosses were also displayed to mark a gravesite. Also noticeable were the messages of love.

By creating these tiles, the elementary students from Regina were honouring aboriginal children who died in residential schools.

“The tiles themselves represent the life of a child that was lost. The residential school we’re commemorating is Sturgeon Landing,External Hemroids are those that occur below the dentate line. which was in northern Saskatchewan,” said Karen Goodon, Grade 5 teacher. “Sturgeon Landing, which was also known as Guy Hill Residential School, burnt down in 1952,A key component of the system is Ekahau crystal mosaic Controller location engine server. so the children from that school were then relocated.

“During the time that the school was open, there was a 75-per-cent death rate of the children that didn’t go home.”

This year, students at St. Bernadette have been taking part in Project of Heart, a national artistic endeavour aiming to commemorate the lives of aboriginal children who died as a result of treatment in a residential school. Goodon estimates several other schools in Saskatchewan are taking part in this program.

Along with making artwork, students learn about the history of aboriginal people in Canada, starting from pre-contact and progressing to the present-day relationship with aboriginal people.

Grade 8 student Eric McLeod, who put the finishing touches on his tile on Thursday — a picture of a turtle carrying the world on its back — has been immersed in the past.

“I’ve learned how cruel the residential schools were to the Metis and First Nation people,” McLeod said. “It’s kind of a scary.”

Mike Pinay, an elder on Peepeekisis First Nation, was present during Thursday’s ceremony. He and other members of his family have suffered through residential schools. Pinay went to Lebret Indian Residential School from the age of six until he was 16.

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“I believe that we need to know the true history of Canada. I think it’s a good project.”

Near the end of the ceremony, Pinay smudged the tiles, which will soon be sent to Winnipeg’s Museum of Social Justice to create a large pictorial mosaic.

For St. Bernadette School, however,My advice on what to consider before you buy oil painting supplies so your money is well spent. the work will not stop. The school will be supporting Shannen’s Dream. The project is about promoting adequate education for aboriginals, modelled after the ideas of Shannen Koostachin of Attawapiskat First Nation, who passed away at the age of 15.

“Until all of the residential schools in Canada are commemorated with a project like this, the project isn’t finished,” Goodon said.

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