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The Story of a National Crime
Peter Henderson Bryce was a medical doctor, civil servant and public health expert. In 1907, after surveying 35 residential schools, he submitted a report to the Department of Indian Affairs detailing clear connections between Residential Schools, tuberculosis and high student mortality rates. His recommendations fell on deaf ears and would not be revealed publicly until he was forced to retire. Fifteen years after his initial report, he published an 18-page “appeal for justice”—a pamphlet containing his findings and recommendations, and condemning the government’s lack of action to address illness and death in the Residential School System and First Nation communities. Indigenous peoples continued to experience disproportionate impacts of tuberculosis for years to come. Eventual federal intervention involved a confusing web of enforced medical care leaving Survivors and patients’ families to seek answers and closure.
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The Legacy of Hope Foundation and Roots and Hoots Presents – A Federal Indian Day School Series Podcast with Survivor, Erroll Kinistino
The Legacy of Hope Foundation and Roots and Hoots Presents - A Federal Indian Day School Series Podcast with Survivor, Erroll Kinistino (Ottawa, ON) – September 17, 2025 – The Legacy of Hope Foundation is pleased to announce the release of our fourth episode in an 8-part series called Classrooms of Injustice. Gordon connects with his friend Erroll Kinistino as they discuss old memories, history and share reflections. Erroll is from Ochapowace First Nation in Southern Saskatchewan and shares what life was like going to a one-room Day School and why it was important to him and his community to build a new school on the reserve. Erroll is an artist and a natural storyteller. He also loves to study history and in this conversation, he effortlessly draws connections between the past and contemporary relevance. Erroll always loved learning and in a one-room classroom, he would take in the lessons from the other grades. Erroll shares how his grandfather helped build the school and how in the late 1950’s, it was the only building with electricity. As a result, the school was also a community gathering place and many Christmas concerts were held there. To listen to Indigenous Roots and Hoots please visit: https://bit.ly/rootsnhoots Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/rnhpodcasts Spotify: https://bit.ly/rnhspotify Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/rnhgoogle Amazon/Audible: https://amzn.to/43DaaeI Podcast Addict: https://bit.ly/rnhpodaddict Erroll recalls graduating from university and feeling so proud to have learned his Cree language, and yet at the same time, feeling stunned by the real
Sharing stories and educating Canadians
Since 2000, we have worked with Survivors, Indigenous communities, researchers, curators, and educators to develop educational resources to increase public awareness and knowledge of the history and effects of the Residential School System and the ongoing experiences Indigenous Peoples continue to face. Our projects include mobile exhibitions, websites, applications, publications, and several bilingual curriculums, including a program called Generations Lost–The Residential School System in Canada.
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