Today we’ll hear from those affected by the residential
schools. We’ll
hear why the government is ready to apologize for wrongs caused and
bring you an interview with Indian Affairs Minister, Chuck Strahl, on
how the government is preparing for this historic apology. And since
churches were partners that used to run the residential schools,
we’ll
listen for the Christian voice on the issues this apology
raises. In
Duncan B.C., where a residential school was demolished, Listen Up went
to hear from a church community that is moving forward in
reconciliation with Canada’s founding
peoples.
Richard is the author of, One Church, Many Tribes—Following
Jesus the Way God Made You. He is also the co-founder and
president of Wiconi International and is a member of the International
Reconciliation Coalition.
Adrian is a member of the Aboriginal Ministries Council of the
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. He is also a member of the Cayuga
Turtle clan of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. He works for My
People International, a ministry dedicated to developing indigenous
leaders.
Kevin
Annett www.hiddenfromhistory.org
Kevin is a former United Church minister turned Aboriginal activist and
filmmaker of the documentary, UNREPENTANT.
Peter
Kwandibens
Whitesand First Nation pebekai@hotmail.com
Peter is a residential school survivor and team leader for
“Piindigaa atah Dancers”, an Aboriginal family
dance team, based out of Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Robert
Chapais
Ginoogaming First Nation
Ishskwaday conference attendee
Today we looked into Canada’s soon to be issued national
apology for
the Residential School Crisis. This apology
addresses sins that have
shaped generations of Aboriginal people. There are plenty of
critics
of the apology; they ask will it do any good, does Canada mean it, what
happens next, what difference does it
make? Those questions
shouldn’t stop our sincerity in admitting a gross error of
ways.
There has to be a place to start on repairing the past.
Repenting and
apologizing is a starting point. In writing about that, the
Primate of
the Anglican Church of Canada said “people whose lives have
been
shattered through no fault of their own are immensely helped by having
their suffering acknowledged and validated and by hearing the words of
apology.” Apology is a starting point
that gives us a new step
forward in a future of
healing.
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