Former NHLer Jordin Tootoo said he was left “reeling” after learning about the discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.
“This week has been one of the toughest of my life. The revelations emerging from the Kamloops residential school and the expectation that it is likely the tip of the iceberg has me reeling,” wrote Tootoo.
“I ask myself how could a nation allow this to happen? Much worse, how could a nation perpetrate this action? How could a church condone, enable and orchestrate these actions? And, why was no one talking about it? Why was no one condemning it?” Tootoo wrote. “The pain lives through generations. I lost my brother to suicide. He was young. He made a mistake. His shame led him to the only answer he knew. Suicide. His story is just one more of the epidemic that plagues the Indigenous people in our country.”including from NHL teams
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