Indigenous Delegation

• ‘Work to be done’: 1 year after residential schools apology, Vatican rejects Doctrine of Discovery

  Residential school survivors in Canada have called for the Doctrine of Discovery to be rescinded for generations. Advocates weigh in on the impact of the Vatican's statement.

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2023
  
• The Pope’s tour is over. Here’s what some Indigenous Peoples want Canadians to take away

  The reconciliation tour is over. Global News asked Indigenous witnesses and their allies what they want non-Indigenous people in Canada to take away from Pope Francis' penitence.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2022
  
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• New Brunswick residential school survivors on ‘giving back all that pain’ to Pope Francis

  Survivors of the Shubenacadie residential school said they were "kidnapped" and imprisoned at the institution together, and attended the papal tour together "as family."

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2022
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• First Nations witnesses reflect on faith and spirituality during Pope’s visit

  "Religion? I don’t trust that anymore. I want to hear from some other guys like me," said Quebec residential school survivor Norman Kistabish on the Plains of Abraham.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2022
• ‘Our people needed us’: Reflections from First Nations youth as Pope’s tour wraps up

  "We're here to give them the medicine and strength they'll need to get through today," said Abigail Brooks of Sitansisk Wolastoqiyik in New Brunswick.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2022
• ‘My mom’s dream’: An intergenerational survivor on why she and her daughter needed to see the Pope

  Like many others attending the “penitential pilgrimage” on Monday, Sherry Mitchell’s focus was not on herself or the Pope, but on her mother and her 12-year-old daughter, Bella. 

  Canada

  Jul 25, 2022
• ‘This is our moment’: Phil Fontaine on significance, expectations for Pope’s visit to Canada

  Residential school survivor Phil Fontaine and lawyer Kathleen Mahoney are days away from their third encounter with a leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2022
• After the papal apology: Residential school survivors on next steps 

  In April, in front of a room of Indigenous delegates, Pope Francis delivered a historic apology. For some it provided healing and for others more concrete action is needed.

  Features

  Jun 11, 2022
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• ‘Missed opportunity’: Pope will skip B.C. on reconciliation trip to Canada

  Kúkpi7 Rosanne Casimir's nation in Kamloops has been called "ground zero" for a national reckoning on the violent truth of Canada's colonization.

  Canada

  May 13, 2022
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• Indigenous delegates hope to inspire as world watches Canada’s reconciliation story unfold

  Progress made by First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples in Rome has already caught the attention of Native American boarding school survivors in the United States.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2022