Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement
Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement is a settlement regarding the residential school system.[1]
In Anishinabek News
- November 2013: Bob Watts was a member of the team that negotiated this historic agreement.[2]
- November 2015: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was established as a component of this agreement.[3]
- April 2018: The agreement is included as part of the 100 Years of Loss: The Residential School System in Canada Mobile Exhibition.[4]
- May 2019: George Hughie compared the process of the McLean Day School Class-Action Settlement to this earlier settlement agreement.[5]
- March 2021: The agreement consists of five elements, including the Common Experience Payment and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It established the Independent Assessment Process as a model for compensating survivors of sexual or serious physical abuse.[6]
- June 2021: This agreement allowed students to seek compensation for physical and sexual abuse. Day scholars were originally unable to seek compensation for the experience of attending school under this agreement.[7]
- December 2021: The Anishinabek Nation called on the Catholic Church to honor the financial compensation commitments made under this agreement.[8]
- June 2022: Reg Niganobe highlighted that many day school survivors were not included in this specific agreement. The number of children harmed at Indian Day Schools is stated to exceed the number of children directly harmed at Indian Residential Schools.[9]
- July 2022: This agreement did not include those who attended Indian Day Schools.[10]
- January 2025: Del Riley criticized this settlement for failing to protect the interests of survivors and for absolving churches of crimes related to child slavery.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Book review: The Last President: Autobiography of a Residential School Survivor", Anishinabek News, 1 January 2025 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Watts honoured by Indspire", Anishinabek News, 5 November 2013 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Anishinabek Nation leading the way in treaty relationship education", Anishinabek News, 22 November 2015 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Lakehead University students and faculty learn of the 100 Years of Loss", Anishinabek News, 23 April 2018 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Indian Day School survivor suggests reaching out for healing to begin", Anishinabek News, 24 May 2019 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Statement on Canada’s request for an independent review of St. Anne’s Indian Residential School claims", Anishinabek News, 19 March 2021 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Settlement reached with Indian Residential Schools Day Scholars", Anishinabek News, 9 June 2021 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Anishinaabe Elder hopeful trip to Vatican to meet with Pope Francis will soon be rescheduled", Anishinabek News, 20 December 2021 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Anishinabek Nation and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations call for action on the Day School Class Action Settlement", Anishinabek News, 22 June 2022 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Canada’s reckoning with colonialism and education must include Indian Day Schools", Anishinabek News, 19 July 2022 (archived copy; original article).