Residential Schools Protest Site
Children’s clothing, stuffed animals, and photos of missing children are placed on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery to memorialize “215 children whose remains have been found buried at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, in Vancouver” according to <a href="https://www.vicnews.com/news/it-was-devastating-chief-recalls-after-remains-of-215-children-found-in-b-c/">Victoria News</a>. Some of the messages written on signs include:<br />“We are not accepting verbal apologies this year, only changed behavior”
<p>“No Pride in Genocide”</p>
<p>“Every child matters”</p>
<p>“Our Home on Stolen Land”<br /><br /></p>
<p>The protest responded to the abuse of Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. According to the<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/world/canada/kamloops-mass-grave-residential-schools.html"> New York Times</a> post on May 28, 2021: “An Indigenous community says it has found evidence that 215 children were buried on the grounds of a British Columbia school, one of the many in Canada set up to forcibly assimilate them.”</p>
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Photographer: Paul Lorah
Robson Square Vancouver, Canada. The intersection of Hornby Street and Robson Street.
No More Stolen Sisters
A white sign reads "No More Stolen Sisters" with a red handprint. The red handprint symbolizes the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement.
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Robson Square Vancouver, Canada. The intersection of Hornby Street and Robson Street.
No More Stolen Sisters
Black paint on stairs near the Residential Schools Protest occupying Robson Square in Vancouver, Canada. The black paint reads "No More," "Stolen," and "Sisters." The protest responded to the abuse of Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. From the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/world/canada/kamloops-mass-grave-residential-schools.html">May 28, 2021, New York Times</a>: “An Indigenous community says it has found evidence that 215 children were buried on the grounds of a British Columbia school, one of the many in Canada set up to forcibly assimilate them.”
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Photographer: Paul Lorah
Robson St. & Hornby St. Vancouver, BC V6Z 2E7, Canada
Red Handprint
A red handprint is painted on cement. The red handprint is a symbol of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement.
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Photographer: Paul Lorah