Archbishop J. Michael Miller of the Catholic archdiocese of Vancouver says the agreement with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc will open a ‘new chapter’ in the relationship between the church and First Nations in B.C
The former Kamloops Indian Residential School, left, in an aerial view on Tk'emlups te Secwepemc land, in Kamloops, B.C., on Sept. 11, 2023.Vancouver’s Catholic Archbishop says a ’Sacred Covenant’ agreement has been reached with the First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., that announced the discovery the remains of more than 200 children at the site of a former residential school.
Miller says the church recognizes its complicity in the Canadian government’s colonialist policies toward First Nations and the “resulting tragedies” from the residential school system.
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