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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, Susan Flett
The Legacy of Hope Foundation and Roots and Hoots Presents - A Federal Indian Day School Series Podcast with Survivor, Susan Flett (Ottawa, ON) – October 28, 2025 – The Legacy of Hope Foundation is pleased to announce the release of our fifth episode in an 8-part series on the Federal Indian Day School System with Susan Flett. Susan is from Tataskweyak Cree Nation and talks about her experience growing up on the trapline and in CN housing, to then moving on reserve and going to the Split Lake Day School. Susan shares vividly about her time in Day School. She notes going to school at the age of six and the importance placed on learning English. As a young child who was a fluent Cree speaker and who grew up in a totally different environment, the shift to attending Day School and living on reserve was in many ways, a culture shock. Having to ask to go to the bathroom was a foreign concept to Susan and she details her experience of getting reprimanded, noting how if one student was in trouble, the whole class would be punished. 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 Despite the challenges she faced in Day School, Susan was determined to pursue higher education and a career in teaching or mental health. She earned a social work degree from the
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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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This enchanting hand-carved Canadian Mindful Maple Leaf™ Pocket Stone is the perfect reminder to take time to be in the moment. Nestled in the palm of your hand, you will be mesmerized by the magical labradorescence likeness of the Northern Lights granting you time to focus on positive thoughts and intentions.
SimpliCanada has developed a distinctly Indigenous artisanal collaboration project that will support Residential School Survivors through the Legacy of Hope Foundation. Each Mindful Maple Leaf is a uniquely carved labradorite pocket-stone produced at a Nunatsiavut-based workshop that adheres to the Indigenous principles of artists and crafts people.
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