At least 4,000 aboriginal children died in residential schools, commission finds

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission officials expect toll to rise as more records reviewed

OTTAWA
— Thousands of Canada’s aboriginal children died in residential schools
that failed to keep them safe from fires, protected from abusers, and
healthy from deadly disease, a commission into the saga has found.

So far, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has determined that more than 4,000 of the school children died.

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Note from Trace: If it happened in Canada, it happened in America, too. Are tribes here investigating? I hope so...I'll be reporting on this blog as more truth comes to light...