As an archeologist, it’s impossible to ignore evidence of harm at Indian Residential Schools – The Star
Sept. 2, 2024
Children living in Indian Residential Schools died at a rate that far exceeded their settler counterparts. When doctors and bureaucrats called attention to these facts, the federal government rarely acted.
I am an archeologist. It’s a field that I was initially drawn to because it felt comfortably distant from the things that got people upset. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
In recent years, we archeologists have found ourselves drawn into deeply acrimonious debates about Canada’s history with Indigenous Peoples. It makes sense. Our profession puts us into a physical encounter with the past. We collect evidence.
