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Residential School Survivor Stories 

The following is a selection of Survivor stories drawn from the Our Stories…Our Strength video collection. We are grateful to the men and women who have shared their personal and often painful accounts of their experiences of residential school and its legacy. It is by sharing these truths that we can all continue to work toward understanding and healing.

Please contact us info@legacyofhope.ca if you are a Survivor who participated in the Our Stories…Our Strength project and would like to have your video posted on this site. If your story appears here and you would like it removed from the site or the collection, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@legacyofhope.ca

Warning: These videos contain subject matter that may be disturbing to some visitors, particularly Survivors of the Residential School System. Please call the Health Canada 24-Hour National Survivors Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419 if you need assistance.

Marie Tashoots
Lower Post Residential School

Roy Dick
Lower Post Residential School

Matilda Mallett
Brandon Residential School

Evelyn Lariviere
Pine Creek Residential School and Assiniboia Residential School

Mabel Grey
St. Bernard’s Mission

Francis Bent
St. George’s Residential School

Tim Antoine
Lejac Indian Residential School

Ed Marten
Holy Angels Residential School

Terry Lusty
St. Joseph’s Residential School

Kappo Philomene
St. Francis Xavier

Janet Easter
McKay Residential School

Lucille Mattess
Lejac Indian Residential School

Rev. Mary Battaja
Choutla Residential School

Grant Severight
St. Philips Residential School

Velma Page                                      Kuper Island Indian Residential School

Lorna Rope
St. Paul’s in Lebret, SK

Basil Ambers
St. Michael’s Indian Residential School

Mabel Harry Fontaine
Fort Alexander Indian Residential School

Carole Dawson                                      St. Michael’s Indian Residential School

Walter West
Takla First Nation

Elsie Paul
Sechelt Indian Residential School

Joseph Desjarlais
Lapointe Hall, Breyant Hall

Melvin Jack                                      Lower Point Residential School

Aggie George
Lejac Indian Residential School

Dennis George Green
Ermineskin Residential School

Ed Bitternose                                      Gordon Indian Residential School

Eunice Gray
St. Andrew’s Anglican Mission

William McLean
Stone Residential School, Poundmakers Residential School

Beverly Albrecht
Mohawk Institute

Harry McGillivray                                Prince Albert Indian Residential School

Charles Scribe
Jack River School

Roy Nooski
Lejac Indian Residential School

Robert Tomah
Lejac Indian Residential School

Dillan Stonechild                                Qu’Appelle Indian Residential School

Suamel Ross
All Saints Indian Residential School

Arthur Fourstar
Birtle Indian Residential School

Richard Kistabish
St. Marc’s Indian Residential School

George Francis                                    Shubenacadie Island Indian Residential School

Verna Miller
St. George’s Indian Residential School

Percy Ballantyne
Birtle Indian Residential School

Blanche Hill-Easton
Mohawk Institute

Brenda Bignell Arnault                      Mohawk Institute

Riley Burns
Gordons Residential School

Patricia Lewis
Shubenacadie Indian Residential School

Shirley Flowers
Yale School

Nazaire Azarie-Bird                            St. Michael’s Indian Residential School

Julia Marks
Christ King School

Jennifer Wood
Portage Indian Residential School

David Striped Wolf                              St. Mary’s Indian Residential School

Johnny Brass
Gordons Residential School

William George Lathlin
All Saints Indian Residential School

Mary Caesar
Lower Point Residential School

Alfred Solonas                                 Lejac Indian Residential School

Darlene Laforme
Mohawk Institute

James Leon Sheldon
Lower Point Residential School

Cecil Ketlo
Lejac Indian Residential School