Unrest grows over painful past among the First Nation people; Five Churches burned in Canada
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Weeks after several sites of mass burials and unmarked graves have been found in places where Canada’s infamous Christian residential schools for indigenous children once functioned, as anger and pain spreads among the First Nation people, five churches built on Indigenous land have so far been burnt down.
The unmarked graves are a testimony of a painful past where the government and Christian churches inflicted atrocities against the native population. As per reports, the Churches include St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Chopaka Catholic Church, Sacred Heart Church, and St. Gregory’s Church. Following the multiple cases of fire outbreaks, the Candian authorities have launched a probe into this matter.
In a tweet on Wednesday (June 30), journalist Jon Miller blamed First Nation Indians (indigenous tribes) for burning down Churches. He alleged, “Another Catholic Church (St. Jean Baptiste) burst into flames and was razed to the ground in (Morinville) Edmonton as First Nation Indians continue to attack churches across Western Canada.”
Meanwhile, two Catholic groups called Oblates, which were involved in running residential schools in Canada, stated, “We remain deeply sorry for our involvement in residential schools and the harms they brought to Indigenous peoples and communities.” They have promised to reveal all historical documents that are available at their disposal. It is believed that the residential school system in Canada had claimed the lives of thousands of children belonging to the indigenous community.
Apart from the children who died in the residential schools, countless others suffered psychological, physical and emotional abuse. The residential schools were government-funded and were operated by the Catholic church to “educate” and assimilate indigenous children in a ‘white, Christian society.
Children were separated from their families and were punished for speaking their native language and anything related to native culture and traditions were systematically wiped out. In 2008, the government of Canada had formally apologised to First Nation people for running the residential schools.
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