Shingwauk Indian Residential School
Shingwauk Indian Residential School is a residential school attended by Shirley Horn.[1]
In Anishinabek News
- January 2016: The Walking With Our Sisters installation includes 108 children's vamps specifically to recognize students who never returned home from this school.[2]
- July 2021: Operating from 1875 to 1970, this institution housed over a thousand Indigenous children from Ontario, Quebec, the Prairies, and the Northwest Territories. The site was designated as a national historic site in July 2021 to acknowledge the harmful impacts of the residential school system in Canada. The Shingwauk Cemetery on the grounds contains 109 known burials, including 72 students who died between 1875 and 1956.[3]
- August 2021: The 10-day canoe journey to raise awareness for Indigenous issues began at the Shingwauk Indian Residential School site on July 24, 2021.[4]
- September 2022: The Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association provides for the well-being of former students of this institution.[5]
- October 2024: Survivor Judy Couchie attended this institution.[6]
- February 2026: Shirley Horn spent part of her ten years in the residential school system at this institution. Archival photos from this school were used as the background for illustrations in the book Shirley: An Indian Residential School Story.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Book review: Shirley: An Indian Residential School Story", Anishinabek News, 10 February 2026 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Unfinished moccasins commemorate murdered and missing indigenous women", Anishinabek News, 18 January 2016 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Canada recognizes the national historic significance of the former Shingwauk Residential School", Anishinabek News, 8 July 2021 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Canoeists complete 10-day voyage to honour Indigenous people", Anishinabek News, 19 August 2021 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Shakespeare and Indigenous histories collide in the world première of 1939", Anishinabek News, 12 September 2022 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Hundreds in step for Every Child Matters Walk on Orange Shirt Day", Anishinabek News, 9 October 2024 (archived copy; original article).