St. Anne's Residential School
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St. Anne's Residential School is a residential school mentioned by Nicole Richmond.[1]
In Anishinabek News
- September 2016: The school was the site of severe physical and sexual abuse, including the use of an electric chair for entertainment. Students were punished for speaking the Cree language and were subjected to medical experimentation. Cecile Hookimaw attended this institution for four and a half years starting at age six.[2]
- March 2017: A former student reported that an electric chair was used at this institution to torture boys for the amusement of visiting priests. The chair used at the school was reportedly powered by an old tractor battery.[3]
- October 2017: Four generations of Mary Wabano's family attended this institution.[4]
- February 2020: More than 60 survivors of St. Anne's Residential School participated in an assessment process to seek compensation for abuse and torture. The Government of Canada was accused of suppressing thousands of documents related to a 1990 Ontario Provincial Police investigation into the institution. Survivors argued that the court lacked critical information, such as the Cochrane transcripts, when adjudicating claims related to St. Anne's Residential School.[5]
- September 2022: Nicole Richmond cited this institution as a place where an electric chair was used on students.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Anishinaabe lawyer stresses importance of allies on the path to truth and reconciliation", Anishinabek News, 30 September 2022 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Dancing in the sun to heal from the Residential School Era", Anishinabek News, 2 September 2016 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Silent to their graves about Residential School trauma", Anishinabek News, 17 March 2017 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "North Bay proclaims September 30 as Orange Shirt Day", Anishinabek News, 4 October 2017 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "St. Anne’s survivor lawyer to appeal $25,000 court bill", Anishinabek News, 10 February 2020 (archived copy; original article).