Restoring the Family Ties Broken by Residential School

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/25/Restoring-Family-Ties-Broken-Residential-School/

… the destruction of Indigenous people’s knowledge of their own family relations didn’t start with the residential school system. Family relationships were emphasized in Oral Tradition at the beginning of every potlatch, an important ceremony for many B.C. First Nations. Potlatches were banned by the Canadian government between 1885 and 1951 as part of a colonial effort to destroy Indigenous culture.

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Restoring the Family Ties Broken by Residential School | The Tyee

With the help of a Vancouver Public Library genealogy program, Indigenous people are redrawing family trees, connecting with their culture and reuniting with relatives.