A selection of recent posts by the Archdiocese regarding residential schools and the unmarked graves revealed in Kamloops.
Indigenous Relations page on the CAEDM site – (July 23, 2021 update)
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Residential Schools – June 8, 2021
Statement on Grandin name – June 4, 2021
Canada’s bishops express ‘deepest sorrow’ over loss of 215 children found buried at former residential school – June 1, 2021
Chief Littlechild is a former Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations. He was also a commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a member of the 1977 Indigenous delegation to the United Nations, and worked on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. He is a recipient of the Order of Canada, Alberta Order of Excellence, and Queens Counsel.
Chief Littlechild, former Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations, attended 3 different residential schools over a span of 14 years.
He was also a commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a member of the 1977 Indigenous delegation to the United Nations, and worked on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
He is a recipient of the Order of Canada, Alberta Order of Excellence, and Queens Counsel.
