CBC British Columbia: Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc says ‘215’ search for truth continues

Sensitive anniversaries like Monday are often targeted by residential school denialists trying to “twist and distort the truth” to shake confidence in the importance of truth and reconciliation, said Sean Carleton, an assistant professor of history and Indigenous studies at the University of Manitoba.

“I think it’s important that as people are perhaps paying attention to the anniversary of the Kamloops announcement, of the preliminary findings, that it is a moment to also debunk many of the denialist talking points that often spread at this time of the year,” he said.

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