Tk'emlúps te Secwepemc
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B.C. powwow organizers apologize after identity-based event rules spark outrageThe rules sparked immediate backlash, with some accusing the Kamloopa Powwow Society of enforcing colonial blood quantum and excluding gender diverse people.CanadaJul 13
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Second annual convoy to Kamloops, B.C. honours the ‘lost souls’ of residential schoolThe convoy, led in partnership with the We Stand in Solidarity truckers group, aims to memorialize the children who died in residential schools.CanadaJun 18
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After the papal apology: Residential school survivors on next stepsIn April, in front of a room of Indigenous delegates, Pope Francis delivered a historic apology. For some it provided healing and for others more concrete action is needed.FeaturesJun 11
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Identifying remains found at former B.C. residential school will be costly, slow: expertsEarlier this week the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation said it would work to eventually use DNA to identify and repatriate the remains believed to be at the site,.CanadaMay 26
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B.C. First Nation lays out plan to repatriate remains found at former Kamloops residential schoolTk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation says it plans to exhume the bodies found at the Kamloops residential school, identify them using DNA and return them to their home communities.CanadaMay 25
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Trudeau faces chants, pounding drums as he walks through crowd at Kamloops memorialOne year ago, the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced that the graves were detected at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.PoliticsMay 24
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A year of trauma, catharsis for Kamloops Indian Residential School survivorsThe year since the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced suspected grave sites in a former apple orchard has been one of national reckoning about residential schools.FeaturesMay 21
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The 215 missing children ‘brought us together,’ says Kúkpi7 Casimir ahead of memorialThe gut-wrenching confirmation of Le Estcwicwéy̓ leaked first within the community, devastating many who found themselves at home alone at the time or reading it in a letter.CanadaMay 18
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How the finding of unmarked graves in Kamloops triggered a year of reckoningThe findings at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia led to the detection of hundreds more suspected graves across Canada.CanadaMay 18
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‘Missed opportunity’: Pope will skip B.C. on reconciliation trip to CanadaKúkpi7 Rosanne Casimir's nation in Kamloops has been called "ground zero" for a national reckoning on the violent truth of Canada's colonization.CanadaMay 13
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