‘I remember’: B.C. residential school survivor speaks following discovery of possible burial sites
Global News
The 93 possible burial sites announced Tuesday are “reflections” or anomalies detected by ground-penetrating radar. Excavation is required for further confirmation.
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Survivors of the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School in Williams Lake, B.C., are still reeling from the news that an initial sweep of the former grounds has uncovered 93 possible burial sites.
Jacqueline Sawan from the Tl’etinqox Government Band, otherwise known as Anaham Band, was the third generation in her family to attend the residential school.
Her dad was from the Alexandria Indian Band and her mom and siblings are from the Anaham band, she told Global News via written correspondence Tuesday.
“I am sincerely grateful that this story of how this residential school conducted their care of all of us children,” Sawan said. “I had blocked all this. But hearing it all again. I remember.”
“I seen priests with young girls,” she added. “Seen abuse. Plus I experienced the abuse.
“The food would have maggots in the food. (The) food was totally rotten. Milk was curdled.”
She said her brother was in the boy’s dormitory sick with a high fever and dehydration. It was Sawan’s sister who found out he was sick and snuck into the boy’s dormitory to take care of him.
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